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Unravelling a complicated creature

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Scientists have deciphered the genetic blueprint of the duck-billed platypus, one of the oddest creatures on Earth.

Professor Jenny Graves, at Australian National University (ANU), Canberra explains the findings, in an interview with Anna Buckley from BBC World Service's Science in Action programme.

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