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Genomic Study Reveals New Zealand’s Tuatara Is Like No Other Animal on The Planet – ScienceAlert
In the evolutionary tree of life, the lizard-like tuatara from New Zealand is on a branch all to itself.
In the evolutionary tree of life, the lizard-like tuatara from New Zealand is on a branch all to itself.
In the time of the dinosaurs, this extraordinary animal had lots of relatives all around the world, and yet now, there’s nothing else like it on Earth.
According to new sequencing of the tuatara’s entire genome – one of the largest on record and 50 percent larger than the human genome – it appears this strange creature is neither lizard, bird, nor mammal. Rather, it’s some strange amalgamat…
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