Replies to Fry et al. (Toxicon 2012, 60/4, 434-448). Part B. Properties and biological roles of squamate oral products: The " venomous lifestyle" and preadaptation

Toxicon

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 964-966

  Kardong, Kenneth V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DEATH; ENVENOMATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECRETION; SQUAMATE; SURVIVAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; VENOMS;

EID: 84864399902     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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