The platypus: What nature’s weirdest mammal says about our origins
5 May 2021
Platypuses glow in UV light, produce venom and lay eggs. Yet despite their oddities, their newly sequenced genome illuminates the evolution of mammals
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A species of yeast produces near-identical clones when it has sex
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Saccharomycodes ludwigii is a sexually reproducing species, but it doesn’t mix up its genes before it mates – which means offspring end up being almost identical to the parents
Billion-year-old microbe had taken first step towards internal organs
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Multicellular organisms were developing bodies with different kinds of cell much earlier than thought – a key step towards animals with complex bodies and multiple organs
