Bizarre DNA of Platypus tells a story about us
May 7th, 2008 | by jeff | | Post to NewsCloud »
There are genes for egg laying, evidence of the animal\\\\\\\’s reptilian roots. Genes for making milk, which the platypus does in mammalian style despite not having nipples. Genes for making snake venom, which the animal stores in its legs. And there are five times more sex-determining chromosomes than scientists know what to do with.
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