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That's interesting. But to say that it reveals links to reptiles sounds a bit misleading. They didn't say that the platypus had reptiles in its family tree. They said that certain genes are similar to those of reptiles - which makes sense to me.
If the thing lays an egg, and so does a reptile, then of course its genetics will show that it has genes to lay an egg, and so does a reptile.
If it has venom and so does a reptile, then the genetics will show that it has genes for making venom, and so does a reptile.
*edit* just realized I'm talking to a bot.
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