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Glennie, MI

May 9, 2008

Oddity platypus has a lot to offer in gene study

“But as weird as this animal looks, its genome sequence is priceless for understanding how mammalian biological processes evolved”

SYDNEY, Australia -- Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus -- one of nature's strangest animals with a bill like a duck's, a mammal's fur and snakelike venom. via Detroit Free Press

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