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Intraspecific variation in the Egyptian scorpion Scorpio maurus palmatus venom collected from different biotopes.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology - 1 Mar 2009
Abdel-Rahman Mohamed A, Omran Mohamed Alaa A, Abdel-Nabi Ismail M, Ueda Hitoshi, McVean Alistair
Abstract excerpt
The present study was conducted to explore the following hypotheses: (i) do scorpions (Scorpio maurus palmatus) from different biotopes exhibit intraspecific diversity in their venom? (ii) if so, is this variation associated with ecological or genetic factors, geographical distance, and/or multiple interrelated parameters? To address these questions, scorpions were collected from four geographically isolated...
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