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sabine ([personal profile] sabine) wrote2004-10-25 10:15 am
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Duck-billed platypus boasts ten sex chromosomes
Not content with one pair of sex chromosomes, the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has five. This is the largest number found in mammals so far, and also hints that the sex determination systems of birds and mammals may be linked.
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