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Venom Diversity and Evolution in the Most Divergent Cone Snail Genus Profundiconus.
Toxins - 28 Oct 2019
Fassio Giulia, Modica Maria Vittoria, Mary Lou, Zaharias Paul, Fedosov Alexander E, Gorson Juliette, Kantor Yuri I, Holford Mandё, Puillandre Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
Profundiconus is the most divergent cone snail genus and its unique phylogenetic position, sister to the rest of the family Conidae, makes it a key taxon for examining venom evolution and diversity. Venom gland and foot transcriptomes of Profundiconus cf. vaubani and Profundiconusneocaledonicus were de novo assembled, annotated, and analyzed for differential expression. One hundred and thirty-seven venom...
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