News: monotremes
The monotreme sex gene is unlike that of all other mammals
Researchers from the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ, in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, University of Queensland and Monash University, have discovered that the genetic mechanism that determines sex in monotremes is different from all other mammals.
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Monotremes are unique, inside and out
The identification of a key gene in monotremes has increased our understanding of why the stomachs of platypuses and echidnas are atypically small, non-acidic, and, in the instance of platypuses, lack a pyloric sphincter.
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