Frank Grutzner

Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide

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By 2021, a new and improved platypus genome and a first echidna genome included sequences of multiple Y chromosomes.

Wildlife & Biodiversity

In most mammals, one gene determines sex. But 100 million years ago, platypuses and echidnas went their own way

12 Jun 2025

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