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Article: The peculiar platypus.(Editorials)(Genetics confirm what Oregonians knew)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- May 10, 2008
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Byline: The Register-Guard
It's about time genetic scientists probed the mysteries of the platypus. We know a few of these odd creatures, which have the bill of a duck and the tail of a beaver. They've carved out habitats ordinarily dominated by one species or the other, making their homes in Corvallis or Eugene and casting their loyalties according to whichever species is most prevalent in their surroundings.
A team of 100 scientists, led by a geneticist at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo., analyzed the DNA of the platypus. The team's findings, published in the journal Nature, describe the platypus as a bridge between bird ...