Positive Darwinian selection results in resistance to cardioactive toxins in true toads (Anura: Bufonidae)

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-516

  Moore, David J ^a,b   Halliday, Damien C T ^b   Rowell, David M ^a   Robinson, Anthony J ^b   Keogh, J S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bufonidae; Cardioactive steroids; Na+ K + ATPase; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CARDIOTONIC AGENT; STEROID; TOXIN;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; STEROID; TOAD; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EVOLUTION; FROGS AND TOADS; GENE DUPLICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE CHARACTERIZED AMPLIFIED REGION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFONIDAE; HYLOIDEA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLUS OCELLATUS; MELANOPHRYNISCUS STELZNERI; RANOIDEA;

EID: 67749114381     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0281     Document Type: Article

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