Enrichment of spermatogonial stem cells and staging of the testis cycle in a dasyurid marsupial, the fat-tailed dunnart.

There is increasing interest in use of marsupial models in research, for use in next-generation conservation by improving fitness through genetic modification, and in de-extinction efforts. Specifically this includes dasyurid marsupials such as the Thylacine, Tasmanian devil, quolls and the small rodent-like dunnarts. Technologies for generating genetically modified Australian marsupials remains to be established.