metatherian in English
noun
1
a mammal of the group Metatheria; a marsupial.
adjective
1
relating to or denoting metatherians.
We discuss possible explanations for reduced female recombination in marsupials as a consequence of the metatherian characteristic of determinate paternal X chromosome inactivation.
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1. The Claustrum is a telencephalic, pallial subcortical structure which has been identified in all eutherian and metatherian mammals
2. Native metatherian predators (including the saber-toothed thylacosmilids) had gone extinct by the Pliocene, and were replaced by North American carnivores such as canids, bears, and large cats.