Platypus genome just as weird as platypus

The platypus genome has been sequenced, and it really IS an unholy mixture of mammal, bird, and reptile. Check out Jim Lemire’s handy breakdown. And did you know that platypus secrete milk through their skin because they don’t have nipples?

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