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Chemical Basis of Prey Recognition in Thamnophiine Snakes: The Unexpected New Roles of Parvalbumins

Detecting and locating prey are key to predatory success within trophic chains. Predators use various signals through specialized visual, olfactory, auditory or tactile sensory systems to pinpoint their prey. Snakes chemically sense their prey through a highly developed auxiliary olfactory sense org...

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Autores principales: Smargiassi, Maïté, Daghfous, Gheylen, Leroy, Baptiste, Legreneur, Pierre, Toubeau, Gerard, Bels, Vincent, Wattiez, Ruddy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3384659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22761824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039560