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The venom-gland transcriptome of the eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) reveals high venom complexity in the intragenomic evolution of venoms

BACKGROUND: Snake venom is shaped by the ecology and evolution of venomous species, and signals of positive selection in toxins have been consistently documented, reflecting the role of venoms as an ecologically critical phenotype. New World coral snakes (Elapidae) are represented by three genera an...

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Autores principales: Margres, Mark J, Aronow, Karalyn, Loyacano, Jacob, Rokyta, Darin R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23915248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-531