One female platypus genome supplies a living monotreme comparison across sequence, chromosome and gene-family datasets.
Represented range0.001–0 Ma
RegionsLiving female platypus Glennie; genome assembly and chromosome map
CladesOrnithorhynchus anatinus · Monotremata
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topology · medium
The approximately sixfold whole-genome assembly from the female platypus Glennie combined 26.9 million reads into a 1.84-gigabase draft and comparative annotations; these data sample one individual and do not directly reconstruct an ancestral monotreme genome or prove single-gene causes for organismal traits.