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Diet Breadth Mediates the Prey Specificity of Venom Potency in Snakes

Venoms are best known for their ability to incapacitate prey. In predatory groups, venom potency is predicted to reflect ecological and evolutionary drivers relating to diet. While venoms have been found to have prey-specific potencies, the role of diet breadth on venom potencies has yet to be teste...

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Autores principales: Lyons, Keith, Dugon, Michel M., Healy, Kevin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7076792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31979380
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins12020074