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Octopuses have complex DNA, researchers say

The first full genome sequencing of an octopus has revealed that octopuses are very different from all other animals. Furthermore, their genome has 33,000 protein-coding genes identified. This is more than humans. According to the Metro: US researcher Dr Clifton Ragsdale, from the University of Chicago, said: “The octopus appears to be utterly different from …

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