Email updates   Open Access Research article  Expansion of CORE-
SINEs in the genome of the Tasmanian devil  Maria A Nilsson1*,
Axel Janke13, Elizabeth P Murchison2, Zemin Ning2 and Björn M
Hallström1  Author Affiliations  1 LOEWE - Biodiversity and
Climate Research Center, BiK-F, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt
am Main, D-60325, Germany  2 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,
Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK  3 Goethe University Frankfurt, BioCampus,
Siesmayerstr. 70, Frankfurt am Main, 60323, Germany  For all
author emails, please log on.  BMC Genomics 2012, 13:172 
doi:10.1186/1471-2164-13-172   Received:29 November 2011
Accepted:6 May 2012 Published:6 May 2012  © 2012 Nilsson et al.;
licensee BioMed Central Ltd.     The genome of the carnivorous
marsupial, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii, Order:
Dasyuromorphia), was sequenced in the hopes of finding a cure
for or gaining a better understanding of the contagious devil
facial tumor disease that is threatening the species’ survival.
To better understand the Tasman