Echidna venom gland transcriptome provides insights into the evolution of monotreme venom

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Wong, Emily S W ^a   Nicol, Stewart ^b   Warren, Wesley C ^c   Belov, Katherine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECHIDNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ONTOLOGY; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENOMS;

EID: 84893406314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079092     Document Type: Article

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