Is Hybridization a Source of Adaptive Venom Variation in Rattlesnakes? A Test, Using a Crotalus scutulatus × viridis Hybrid Zone in Southwestern New Mexico

Venomous snakes often display extensive variation in venom composition both between and within species. However, the mechanisms underlying the distribution of different toxins and venom types among populations and taxa remain insufficiently known. Rattlesnakes (Crotalus, Sistrurus) display extreme i...

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Autores principales: Zancolli, Giulia, Baker, Timothy G., Barlow, Axel, Bradley, Rebecca K., Calvete, Juan J., Carter, Kimberley C., de Jager, Kaylah, Owens, John Benjamin, Price, Jenny Forrester, Sanz, Libia, Scholes-Higham, Amy, Shier, Liam, Wood, Liam, Wüster, Catharine E., Wüster, Wolfgang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4926154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27322321
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins8060188

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