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Stewart Robert Hinsley writes:
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| Indeed. I am half-expecting someone to find an oddity among even
| the mammals one of these days.
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| Does the existence of 5 pairs of sex chromosomes in the platypus
| qualify?

Yes, but we can then debate whether they are mammals! Now, there
is an excellent, long-running, academic debate :-)

| It seems about as weird as
| permanent translocation heterozygosity in some Onagraceae (classically
| in Oenothera section Oenothera) ...

I require notice of that term! I have found a page for students that
explains it, and will read it when I have time ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.