Molecular genetics of ecological diversification: Duplication and rapid evolution of toxin genes of the venomous gastropod Conus

Predatory snails in the marine gastropod genus Conus stun prey by injecting a complex mixture of peptide neurotoxins. These conotoxins are associated with trophic diversification and block a diverse array of ion channels and neuronal receptors in prey species, but the evolutionary genesis of this fu...

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Main Authors: Duda, Thomas F., Palumbi, Stephen R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The National Academy of Sciences 1999
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Biological Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC21999/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10359796
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