Clawing through evolution: Toxin diversification and convergence in the ancient lineage chilopoda (Centipedes)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2124-2148

  Undheim, Eivind A B ^a   Jones, Alun ^a   Clauser, Karl R ^b   Holland, John W ^a   Pineda, Sandy S ^a   King, Glenn F ^a   Fry, Bryan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

centipede; convergence; evolution; toxin; venom

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; ARTHROPODS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84904989275     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu162     Document Type: Article

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