Elapid venom evolution
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/20...FTx_phylog.pdf
Cheers
B
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Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry
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Deputy Director
Australian Venom Research Unit,
University of Melbourne
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Population and Evolutionary Genetics Unit,
Museum Victoria
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