Evolution of Venomous Animals and Their Toxins

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Ente Autore: SpringerLink (Online service)
Altri autori: Gopalakrishnakone, P. (Redattore), Malhotra, Anita (Redattore)
Riassunto:Approx. 550 p. 30 illus., 15 illus. in color.
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Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Serie:Toxinology,
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Accesso online:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6727-0
Natura: Elettronico Libro
Sommario:
  • A Critique of the Toxicoferan Hypothesis
  • Evolution of Resistance to Toxins in Prey
  • Evolution of Separate Predation- and Defence-Evoked Venoms in Carnivorous Cone Snails
  • Evolutionary Context of Venom in Animals
  • Functional and Genetic Diversity of Toxins in Sea Anemones
  • Independent Origins of Scorpion Toxins Affecting Potassium and Sodium Channels
  • Mutation, Duplication, and More in the Evolution of Venomous Animals and Their Toxins
  • Parasitoid Wasps and Their Venoms
  • The Strategic Use of Venom by Spiders
  • Toxicity in Cephalopods
  • Venom Use in Mammals: Evolutionary Aspects
  • Venom as a Component of External Immune Defense in Hymenoptera
  • Phylogeny of Annelida
  • Systematics and Evolution of the Conoidea
  • Systematics of Cephalopods
  • Systematics of Siphonophores
  • Evolution of the Snake Venom Delivery System
  • Evolution, Morphologyand Development of the Centipede Venom System
  • Evolutionary History of Venom Glands in the Siluriformes.