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Scientists from the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø and South Australian Museum have collaborated with Otago University, New Zealand and a global team to sequence the genome of the tuatara – a rare reptile whose ancestors once roamed the earth with dinosaurs.

The findings on this remarkable living, single species reptile, which originated in ³Ù³ó±ðÌýTriassicÌýperiod around 250 million years ago and is only found in New Zealand, have been published in .

Professor David Adelson’s lab of the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø’s Department of Molecular and Biomedical Science and Dr Terry Bertozzi of the South Australian Museum carried out key