Geographic Variation in Venom Allelic Composition and Diets of the Widespread Predatory Marine Gastropod Conus ebraeus

BACKGROUND: Members of the predatory gastropod genus Conus use a venom comprised of a cocktail of peptide neurotoxins, termed conotoxins or conopeptides, to paralyze prey and conotoxin gene family members diversify via strong positive selection. Because Conus venoms are used primarily to subdue prey...

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Autores principales: Duda, Thomas F., Chang, Dan, Lewis, Brittany D., Lee, Taehwan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2707604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19606224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006245

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2707604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19606224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006245

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