bob10
9th January 2021, 07:40 PM
The first complete map of a platypus genome has just been released, and it's every bit as strange as you'd expect from a creature with 10 sex chromosomes, a pair of venomous spurs, a coat of fluorescent fur (https://www.sciencealert.com/the-australian-platypus-is-the-latest-mammal-discovered-with-fluorescent-fur), and skin that 'sweats' milk.
Now We Know Why Platypus Are So Weird - Their Genes Are Part Bird, Reptile, And Mammal (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techandscience/now-we-know-why-platypus-are-so-weird-their-genes-are-part-bird-reptile-and-mammal/ar-BB1czBgk?ocid=msedgntp)
Now We Know Why Platypus Are So Weird - Their Genes Are Part Bird, Reptile, And Mammal (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techandscience/now-we-know-why-platypus-are-so-weird-their-genes-are-part-bird-reptile-and-mammal/ar-BB1czBgk?ocid=msedgntp)