Breakthrough study examines evolution of snake venom genes
UTA biologists lead research team investigating snake venom regulatory systems
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UTA biologists lead research team investigating snake venom regulatory systems
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Credit: The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London and Callum Mair Researchers from LSTM's Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions (CSRI) have led an international team investigating the evolutionary origins of a novel defensive trait by snakes - venom spitting - and demonstrated that defensive selection pressures can influence venom composition in snakes in a repeatable manner. In a paper published in the journal Science, the team, which includes authors from the UK, USA, Australia, the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Brazil and Costa Rica, provide the first example of snake ven...