It’s a bird, it’s a snake, it’s … a duck-billed platypus

by John on May 10, 2008

The duck-billed platypus is the most recent species to have its genome sequenced. These odd animals are even more strange at the DNA level. Some features of their DNA are avian, some are reptilian, and of course some are mammalian. See the Science Daily article for more details.

Perry the Platypus

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