Venom Resistance as a Model for Understanding the Molecular Basis of Complex Coevolutionary Adaptations

IgE antibodies, FcεRIα, and IgE-mediated local anaphylaxis can limit snake venom toxicity

(2016) Philipp Starkl et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

The mammalian complement system as an epitome of host-pathogen genetic conflicts

(2016) Rachele Cagliani et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Coevolution of venom function and venom resistance in a rattlesnake predator and its squirrel prey

(2016) Matthew L. Holding et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Structural and evolutionary insights into endogenous alpha-phospholipase A 2 inhibitors of Latin American pit vipers

(2016) Maria Inácia Estevão-Costa et al.   TOXICON

No safety in the trees: Local and species-level adaptation of an arboreal squirrel to the venom of sympatric rattlesnakes

(2016) Abby M. Pomento et al.   TOXICON

Why the honey badger don't care: Convergent evolution of venom-targeted nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in mammals that survive venomous snake bites

(2015) Danielle H. Drabeck et al.   TOXICON

Identifying the Molecular Basis of Host-Parasite Coevolution: Merging Models and Mechanisms

(2014) Mark F. Dybdahl et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Medically important differences in snake venom composition are dictated by distinct postgenomic mechanisms

(2014) N. R. Casewell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A practical guide to measuring local adaptation

(2013) François Blanquart et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A Beneficial Role for Immunoglobulin E in Host Defense against Honeybee Venom

(2013) Thomas Marichal et al.   IMMUNITY

Linking the transcriptome and proteome to characterize the venom of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)

(2013) Mark J. Margres et al.   Journal of Proteomics

Evolutionary biochemistry: revealing the historical and physical causes of protein properties

(2013) Michael J. Harms et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system

(2013) F. J. Vonk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel in Grasshopper Mice Defends Against Bark Scorpion Toxin

(2013) A. H. Rowe et al.   SCIENCE

Snake-venom resistance as a mammalian trophic adaptation: lessons from didelphid marsupials

(2012) Robert S. Voss et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The Integrated Phenotype

(2012) C. J. Murren   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Constraint shapes convergence in tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels of snakes

(2012) C. R. Feldman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Complex cocktails: the evolutionary novelty of venoms

(2012) Nicholas R. Casewell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Dynamic evolution of venom proteins in squamate reptiles

(2012) Nicholas R. Casewell et al.   Nature Communications

Mast cell chymase reduces the toxicity of Gila monster venom, scorpion venom, and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in mice

(2011) Mitsuteru Akahoshi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Deconstructing a Complex Molecular Phenotype: Population-Level Variation in Individual Venom Proteins in Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus c. catenatus)

(2011) H. Lisle Gibbs et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Snake population venomics and antivenomics of Bothrops atrox: Paedomorphism along its transamazonian dispersal and implications of geographic venom variability on snakebite management

(2011) Juan J. Calvete et al.   Journal of Proteomics

Adaptive Evolution of the Venom-Targeted vWF Protein in Opossums that Eat Pitvipers

(2011) Sharon A. Jansa et al.   PLoS One

Isolation and identification of a snake venom metalloproteinase inhibitor from California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) blood sera

(2011) J.E. Biardi et al.   TOXICON

Genetic basis of infectivity evolution in a bacteriophage

(2010) PAULINE D. SCANLAN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus) blood sera affects proteolytic and hemolytic activities of rattlesnake venoms

(2010) James E. Biardi et al.   TOXICON

Role of accelerated segment switch in exons to alter targeting (ASSET) in the molecular evolution of snake venom proteins

(2009) Robin Doley et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

FINE-SCALE LOCAL ADAPTATION OF WEEVIL MOUTHPART LENGTH AND CAMELLIA PERICARP THICKNESS: ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT OF A PUTATIVE ARMS RACE

(2008) Hirokazu Toju   EVOLUTION

Inhibitors of Snake Venoms and Development of New Therapeutics

(2008) Elda E. Sánchez et al.   IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY AND IMMUNOTOXICOLOGY

Snake Venomics of the Lancehead PitviperBothrops asper: Geographic, Individual, and Ontogenetic Variations

(2008) Alberto Alape-Girón et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Selection for chemical trait remixing in an invasive weed after reassociation with a coevolved specialist

(2008) A. R. Zangerl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Mosaic of Chemical Coevolution in a Large Blue Butterfly

(2008) D. R. Nash et al.   SCIENCE

Physiological resistance of grasshopper mice (Onychomys spp.) to Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides exilicauda) venom

(2008) Ashlee H. Rowe et al.   TOXICON

Phenotypic Mismatches Reveal Escape from Arms-Race Coevolution

(2008) Charles T Hanifin et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY