Diversification of a single ancestral gene into a successful toxin superfamily in highly venomous Australian funnel-web spiders

BACKGROUND: Spiders have evolved pharmacologically complex venoms that serve to rapidly subdue prey and deter predators. The major toxic factors in most spider venoms are small, disulfide-rich peptides. While there is abundant evidence that snake venoms evolved by recruitment of genes encoding norma...

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Autores principales: Pineda, Sandy S, Sollod, Brianna L, Wilson, David, Darling, Aaron, Sunagar, Kartik, Undheim, Eivind A B, Kely, Laurence, Antunes, Agostinho, Fry, Bryan G, King, Glenn F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24593665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-177

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