New Research Provides Insights into Platypus Population Structure and History
Apr 3, 2018 by News Staff / Source
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is an egg-laying mammal which, alongside the echidna, occupies a unique place in the mammalian family tree. The unique creature had its genome sequenced a decade ago, revealing its unique genetic makeup and its divergence from the rest of the mammals around 160 million years ago. Now, a greater effort to understand its ecological and population history has been made possible by the first, whole-scale genome sequencing of 57 platypuses from Queensland, New South Wales, and Tasmania.
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