Evolution of ecological specialization and venom of a predatory marine gastropod

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1156-1162

  Remigio, E A ^a   Duda Jr , T F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Conotoxins; Conus; Ecological specialization; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC VENOM;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONUS SNAIL; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONUS SNAIL; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSK VENOMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CONUS LEOPARDUS; GASTROPODA; HEMICHORDATA;

EID: 38849089282     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03627.x     Document Type: Article

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