Elapid venom evolution

[Dr. Bryan Fry]

Hi all

Here's the weblink to download our latest paper. This one is on the molecular evolution of the 3FTx (three-finger toxins) in elapid venoms. This paper was written before we started pulling 3FTx out of colubrid venoms. It does however hammer the elapid 3FTx pretty hard. Its a pretty technical paper so it may not be easily comprehensible in places. In a nutshell, there's a lot more going on in there than just neurotoxins or myotoxins.

http://www.venomdoc.com/downloads/2003_BGF_Elapid_3FTx_phylog.pdf

Cheers
B

[lydhagen]

That really was heavy reading :)

[Mustangrde1]

Mucho Gracias Dr Fry. Very interesting read.

Scott

[fatboy]

Quit acting like you can actually read Scott. :)

[Mustangrde1]

Hey im edumicated Barry.