a small scrub wallaby, Macropus eugenii, of Australia, having a thick dark-coloured coat
Word origin
C19: from a native Australian language
Examples of 'tammar' in a sentence
tammar
The tammar wallaby has two thymuses: a thoracic thymus (typically found in all mammals) and a dominant cervical thymus.
Renfree Marilyn B, Fenelon Jane C, Miller Robert D, Ponting Chris P, Hsu Arthur L,Heger Andreas, Papenfuss Anthony T, Wong Emily SW, Gibbs Richard A, Belov Katherine 2011, 'Transcriptomic analysis supports similar functional roles for the two thymuses ofthe tammar wallaby', BMC Genomicshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/420. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It will be a valuable resource for ongoing tammar wallaby genetic research and assembling the genome sequence.
Patel Hardip R, Wakefield Matthew J, Wei Ke-jun, Webley Lee, Wang Chenwei, DeakinJanine E, Alsop Amber, Marshall Graves Jennifer A, Cooper Desmond W, Nicholas FrankW, Zenger Kyall R 2011, 'A second-generation anchored genetic linkage map of the tammar wallaby (Macropuseugenii)', BMC Geneticshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/12/72. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)