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Open AccessMonotreme glucagon-like peptide-1 in venom and gut: one gene – two very different functions
The importance of Glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) for metabolic control and insulin release sparked the evolution of genes mimicking GLP-1 action in venomous species (e.g. Exendin-4 in Heloderma suspectum (gila m...
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Erratum: Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution
Nature 453, 175–183 (2008) In this Article, Mikhail Nefedov and Pieter J. de Jong were omitted from the author list.
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In the platypus a meiotic chain of ten sex chromosomes shares genes with the bird Z and mammal X chromosomes
Two centuries after the duck-billed platypus was discovered, monotreme chromosome systems remain deeply puzzling. Karyotypes of males1, or of both sexes2,3,4, were claimed to contain several unpaired chromosomes ...