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Researchers Publish Genome Sequence for Duck-Billed Platypus
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 The research was published in the May 8 issue of the journal Nature.
"This genome provides a unique perspective on what the genomes of our earliest mammalian ancestors may have looked like. It is fascinating that what we think of as being reptile-like (i.e., egg laying and venom) and mammal-like features can co-exist in the same genome," Adam Felsenfeld, head of the Comparative and Sequencing Analysis Program in NHGRI's Division of Extramural Research, said in a prepared statement.
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Last updated 5/7/2008
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SOURCE: U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute, news release, May 7, 2008
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