Evolution of Venomous Animals and Their Toxins
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| Summary: | Approx. 550 p. 30 illus., 15 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2020.
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| Series: | Toxinology,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6727-0 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- 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.