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The Exception That Proves the Rule: An Interview with Jenny Graves

Author(s) -

Jane Gitschier

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

plos genetics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.587

H-Index - 233

eISSN - 1553-7404

pISSN - 1553-7390

DOI - 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000063

Subject(s) - biology , platypus , zoology , genealogy , history

Close to 20 years ago, I was contacted by an Australian woman who was planning to map the locations of genes that are X-linked in humans in some odd Australian critters, the monotremes. These animals comprise a distantly related branch of mammals that have hair and lactate, but additionally lay eggs. She wanted a probe from our lab, and, in exchange, little vials of DNA from spiny echidna and platypus appeared in the mail. Our lab became enamoured of these singular animals, and we followed their scientific story with great interest. The lady was Jenny Graves [Image 1], and it has taken me this long to finally meet her.

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