A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus ( Megalania) priscus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8969-8974

  Fry, Bryan G ^a,b   Wroe, Stephen ^c   Teeuwisse, Wouter ^d   Van Osch, Matthias J P ^d   Moreno, Karen ^c,e   Ingle, Janette ^f   McHenry, Colin ^f   Ferrara, Toni ^c   Clausen, Phillip ^f   Scheib, Holger ^g   Winter, Kelly L ^h   Greisman, Laura ^a,b,h   Roelants, Kim ⁱ   Van Der Weerd, Louise ^d   Clemente, Christofer J ^j   Giannakis, Eleni ^a   Hodgson, Wayne C ^h   Luz, Sonja ^k   Martelli, Paolo ^l   Krishnasamy, Karthiyani ^m   Kochva, Elazar ⁿ   Hang, Fai Kwok ^o,r   Scanlon, Denis ^b   Karas, John ^b   Citron, Diane M ^p   Goldstein, Ellie J C ^p   Mcnaughtan, Judith E ^a   Norman, Janette A ^a,b,q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^g Scientific and Business Computing Lab AG   (Switzerland)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^k Veterinary Department   (Singapore)

^l Ocean Park Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^m Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals   (Hong Kong)

ⁿ TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^o QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^p R M ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^q MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^r FUSION ANTIBODIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Evolution; Phylogeny; Protein; Squamate; Toxin

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SKULL; TOXICITY; VARANUS KOMODOENSIS; VARANUS PRISCUS; WEIGHT; WOUND;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DENTITION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; LIZARDS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SKULL; VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; MEGALANIA; VARANUS; VARANUS KOMODOENSIS;

EID: 67049155510     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810883106     Document Type: Article

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