Platypus Has Weird Genes, Too
This isn’t Muse-related, but it’s worth knowing:
Today, the journal Nature publishes the first map of the platypus genome. It turns out that this strange and wonderful animal is strange and wonderful on the inside, too. Google “platypus genome” to find out more (and notice how artfully news reporters avoid writing the plural of “platypus”).
Date: May 8, 2008
Categories: Non-Muse news, The Universe