Venom variation and chemoreception of the viperid Agkistrodon contortrix: Evidence for adaptation?

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1741-1755

  Greenbaum, Eli ^a   Galeva, Nadezhda ^b   Jorgensen, Michael ^c  

^a Dept of Ecol Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agkistrodon contortrix; Behavior; Chemoreception; SDS PAGE; Sistrurus; Snake; Venom

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SNAKE VENOM;

ADAPTATION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMORECEPTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PREY SELECTION; SNAKE;

ADAPTATION; AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVENOMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); IMMOBILIZATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGKISTRODON; ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VENOMS;

UNITED STATES;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS; VIPERINAE;

EID: 0041731892     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024837908894     Document Type: Article

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