Evolution of Venomous Animals and Their Toxins

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Korporativní autor: SpringerLink (Online service)
Další autoři: Gopalakrishnakone, P. (Editor), Malhotra, Anita (Editor)
Shrnutí:Approx. 550 p. 30 illus., 15 illus. in color.
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Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edice:Toxinology,
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On-line přístup:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6727-0
Médium: Elektronický zdroj Kniha
Obsah:
  • 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.