A Retrospective Review of Wild and Zoo-Housed Platypus Medical Records (1991–2024) [PDF]
AnimalsUnderstanding platypus health and disease is made challenging by the cryptic nature of this unique and iconic species. The retrospective medical record review methodology offers a valuable tool to better understand platypus health.
Jessica Whinfield +4 more
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Insights into platypus crural gland transcriptomics – venom and beyond [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is one of 15 confirmed venomous mammals worldwide, and possesses a unique venom system, termed the crural system.
Adele Gonsalvez +3 more
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Environmental DNA Reveals Habitat Variables Driving Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Distribution Across an Urbanised Landscape [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionFreshwater waterways, and species that depend on them, are threatened by urbanisation and the consequences of the urban stream syndrome. In south‐east Queensland, Australia, little is known about the impacts of the urban stream syndrome on the platypus ...
Tamielle Brunt +5 more
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From banks to burrows: Habitat preferences and nesting behaviours of platypuses in the Snowy River [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionPlatypuses are a unique freshwater mammal native to eastern Australia. They are semi‐aquatic, predominantly nocturnal, and nest in burrows dug into the banks of waterbodies.
Joseph Crane +4 more
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The Spleen Virome of Australia’s Endemic Platypus Is Dominated by Highly Diverse Papillomaviruses [PDF]
VirusesThe platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), a unique monotreme, represents a pivotal point in mammalian evolution with its distinctive traits, such as electroreception and venom production.
Subir Sarker +3 more
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Molecular basis for heat desensitization of TRPV1 ion channels [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 The heat-sensitive ion channel TRPV1 is essential to temperature sensing in mammals and other animals. Here the authors find that the platypus form of TRPV1 does not desensitize, identify the mechanism underlying this property, and show that knock-in of ...
Lei Luo +8 more
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Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Japanese Zacco platypus for Comparative Genomics [PDF]
Scientific DataZacco platypus is a freshwater minnow widely distributed across East Asia, noted for its high environmental adaptability, strong reproductive capacity, and ability to hybridize across genera.
Jui-Hung Tai +7 more
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Leptospirosis in the Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in Australia: Who Is Infecting Whom? [PDF]
AnimalsThe platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is an amphibious, egg-laying mammal of high conservation value that is found only in Australia. The zoonotic bacterium Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo was discovered in platypuses in prior studies, but little
Richard J. Whittington +8 more
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Chromosomal-level genome assembly data from the pale chub, Zacco platypus (Jordan & Evermann, 1902) [PDF]
Data in BriefThe pale chub, Zacco platypus (Cypriniformes; Xenocyprididae; homotypic synonym: Opsariichthys platypus; Jordan & Evermann, 1902), is widely distributed in the freshwater ecosystems throughout East Asia, including South Korea.
Sang-Eun Nam, Jae-Sung Rhee
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Pseudogenization of NK3 homeobox 2 (Nkx3.2) in monotremes provides insight into unique gastric anatomy and physiology [PDF]
Open BiologyThe enzymatic breakdown and regulation of food passage through the vertebrate antral stomach and pyloric sphincter (antropyloric region) is a trait conserved over 450 million years.
Jackson Dann +4 more
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