I am swamped at present and have not had time to discuss the recent publications about the platypus genome. I had planned to wait and to talk about some interesting aspects, but the headlines are just too crazy to ignore. Fortunately, I believe Nimravid will be covering it soon and John Timmer gives a reasonable introduction. Some of the nonsense is from press interpretation, but some I think relates to the generally poor grasp of evolution that I see in many genomics articles. Phylogenetic fallacies aplenty.
By far the worst headline-
Gene map proves platypus is part bird, mammal and reptile (USA Today, reposted uncritically at RichardDawkins.net)
You'll be happy to note that while USA Today editing is suspect (unless they syndicate your next article, in which case they are quite astute) educated science readers at Slashdot chose our version for their audience - 'Patchwork' DNA - Genome Of Platypus Decoded.
You can get away with almost anything if you put it in single quotes.