ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] An Australian Aboriginal legend proposes that the platypus is the offspring of a duck and a water-rat, with a duck-like bill and webbed toes, but four feet and fur like a rat. However, despite some avian and reptilian features, phylogenetic studies classify the platypus as a monotreme, an ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/432817a
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