The skin microbiome facilitates adaptive tetrodotoxin production in poisonous newts

Rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa) use tetrodotoxin (TTX) to block voltage-gated sodium (Na(v)) channels as a chemical defense against predation. Interestingly, newts exhibit extreme population-level variation in toxicity attributed to a coevolutionary arms race with TTX-resistant predatory sna...

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Autores principales: Vaelli, Patric M, Theis, Kevin R, Williams, Janet E, O'Connell, Lauren A, Foster, James A, Eisthen, Heather L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2020
Materias:
Evolutionary Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7138609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32254021
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53898

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7138609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32254021
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53898

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