Dietary breadth is positively correlated with venom complexity in cone snails

BACKGROUND: Although diet is believed to be a major factor underlying the evolution of venom, few comparative studies examine both venom composition and diet across a radiation of venomous species. Cone snails within the family, Conidae, comprise more than 700 species of carnivorous marine snails th...

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Autores principales: Phuong, Mark A., Mahardika, Gusti N., Alfaro, Michael E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27229931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2755-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27229931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2755-6

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