Eggs-only diet: Its implications for the toxin profile changes and ecology of the marbled sea snake (Aipysurus eydouxii)

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-89

  Li, Min ^a   Fry, B G ^b,c   Kini, R Manjunatha ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aipysurus eydouxii; Neurotoxin; Pseudogene; Sea snake; Three finger toxin; Venom gland

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENVENOMATION; FEEDING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREY; SNAKE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIET; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ECOLOGY; EGGS; FEMALE; FISHES; HYDROPHID VENOMS; HYDROPHIDAE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROTOXINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 14644404946     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0138-0     Document Type: Article

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