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 Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 3:55 pm
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 8:34 pm
Dr Chris Ponting, of the MRC Functional Genetics Unit at the University of Oxford, UK, is one of more than 100 researchers from the US, UK and Australia, who took part in the study. He said the platypus was chosen because of its unusual features.
What about the other 99 researchers???
The platypus is so strange that it was considered a hoax when sent from Australia to European researchers in the 19th Century.
We are NOT a joke!!! gonk
"It was one of several (mammals) we could have chosen, but it was certainly the one that everyone seemed to wish to sequence because of its unusual features."
You're being vain on us just because we look different??? crying
The DNA came from a female, nicknamed Glennie, which was captured in the wild in New South Wales, Australia.
Why call me Glennie? why not cutie? crying and why picking on me??? gonk
The sequence was then compared with stretches of DNA from about 100 platypuses living in the wild.
NOW you're giving me a personal complex!! gonk crying
can't believe you're comparing me with the other 100 plattpuses!!! emo
Dr Mark Batzer, from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, who also worked on the study, said the data would help in conservation efforts by allowing scientists to investigate population size, structure and breeding habits.
Get rid of the cameras!! scream
we're trying to breed here!! evil
You're putting off our performance!!! redface
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