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Duck-billed Platypus is Even Stranger
Everyone knows that the duck-billed platypus is pretty strange. But it seems this mammals eccentricities extend beyond its famous bill, and habit of laying eggs, to the way its genes determine sex. Not content with one pair of sex chromosomes, the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has five.Article is a Creationism piece, but the content on the platypus was news - very strange news - to me. Posted by: Glenmore 2012-12-27 |
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