Diversification of a single ancestral gene into a successful toxin superfamily in highly venomous Australian funnel-web spiders
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Title
Diversification of a single ancestral gene into a successful toxin superfamily in highly venomous Australian funnel-web spiders
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Keywords
Spider toxin, Spider venom, Hexatoxin, ω-hexatoxin, κ-hexatoxin, Australian funnel-web spider, Molecular evolution, Gene duplication, Positive selection, Negative selection
Journal
BMC GENOMICS
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 177
Publisher
Springer Nature
Online
2014-03-05
DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-15-177
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