Platypus unlocks evolution's secrets.(Genome Sequencing) USA Today (Magazine) | June 1, 2009 | COPYRIGHT 2009 Society for the Advancement of Education. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

By any account, the platypus is an odd creature. It has a broad, rubbery bill that brings to mind a duck, but it swims mere like a beaver; yet, it lays eggs and can inject poisonous venom like a reptile. No wonder it is considered an elaborate hoax by scientists who examined the first specimen pelt shipped to England from the colony of New South Wales in 1799.

A consortium of scientists, including Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.) Laboratory's Gregory J. Harmon, published results of an international effort to sequence the platypus genome. It reveals evolutionary secrets ...

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