Platypus genome deciphered 8 May 2008
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The gene-jockeys have now taken their craft to the strangest mammal on earth – the egg-laying, poison-spur wearing, nipple-less baby nursing, duck-billed, aquatic, electro-sensing platypus.
According to this story from the BBC, a scientific team headed by the University of Oxford sampled over 100 platypuses, comparing pieces of their DNA to the complete sequence obtained from a single female. The study, published in the journal Nature, confirms an ancient lineage for the platypus, and revealed a mix of mammalian, avian, and reptilian affinities.
Further proof of evolution in action, if you ask me.
Hi! I LOVE platypuses. (I don’t think platypii is the correct spelling!) I am a HUGE fan of all platypus sites, and I am really excited to be the first person to make a comment! I really don’t have anything to say, I just wanted to make a comment!
Thanks for your comment Stacey, and for being a friend of platypuses everywhere.
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what amazing creatures…do they fall under a classification or species?
i am making a platypus puppet for my baby cousin.
thanks for the info!
“Further proof of evolution in action, if you ask me.”
How so. Surely the very same Flying Spaghetti Monster who buried Dinosaur bones and carefully tweaked the carbon-14 ratios in other fossil remains could have added such genes into a platypus , no?
i love platypuses they are so cute
Omg They Are So Feaken Cute Hhahaha
i love platypus’s. your goona think im so strange when i say this but my boyfriend kids around and calls me one all the time. he started this randomly so ever since ive been do resurce on the little buggers their kinda neat
Extremely interesting creatures. I would love to learn more about them.
platypuss is cool
i love platypuses theyare really cool and amazing to look and learn about
i love them
I wish i was a platypus
I LOVE the PLATYPUS! You need to push for a Platypus sanctuary at the HENRY DOORLY ZOO! You push at your end and I’ll push at my end and eventually we will get what we want! YES!