Mechanisms controlling venom expulsion in the western diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-27

  Young, Bruce A ^a,b   Kardong, Kenneth V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXOCRINE GLAND; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXOCRINE GLANDS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TOOTH;

CROTALUS ATROX; SERPENTES;

EID: 33847409367     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.341     Document Type: Article

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