News articles tagged with 'platypus'
New insights into Australia's unique platypus
— 3 Nov 2009 11:47 | BiologyNew insights into the biology of the platypus and echidna have been published, providing a collection of unique research data about the world's only monotremes…
Platypus link to ovarian cancer
— 27 Jun 2009 14:14 | HealthResearchers from the Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide believe our oldest mammalian relative may help us to better understand ovarian cancer…
New mode of gene regulation in mammals
— 10 Jul 2008 16:39 | BiologyResearchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered a type of gene regulation never before observed in mammals - a 'ribozyme' that controls the activity of an important…
Platypus genome shows animal's peculiar features
— 7 May 2008 17:00 | BiologyThe duck-billed platypus: part bird, part reptile, part mammal - and the genome to prove it. An international consortium of scientists, led by Washington University School of Medicine…
Evolution of genomic imprinting
— 7 Sep 2007 14:42 | BiologyHow we come to express the genes of one parent over the other is now better understood through studying the platypus and marsupial wallaby - and it doesn't seem to have originated in…
Echidnas, first study on their sex life and behaviour
— 23 Aug 2007 15:09 | BiologyA University of Adelaide-led project will study the genetic makeup of one of Australia's most iconic animals, the echidna, to give an unprecedented insight into their sex life and behaviour.…
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