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Where the "ruber" Meets the Road: Using the Genome of the Red Diamond Rattlesnake to Unravel the Evolutionary Processes Driving Venom Evolution.
Genome biology and evolution - 3 Sept 2024
Hirst Samuel R, Rautsaw Rhett M, VanHorn Cameron M, Beer Marc A, McDonald Preston J, Rosales García Ramsés Alejandro, Rodriguez Lopez Bruno, Rubio Rincón Alexandra, Franz Chávez Hector, Vásquez-Cruz Víctor, Kelly Hernández Alfonso, Storfer Andrew, Borja Miguel, Castañeda-Gaytán Gamaliel, Frandsen Paul B, Parkinson Christopher L, Strickland Jason L, Margres Mark J
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Understanding the proximate and ultimate causes of phenotypic variation is fundamental in evolutionary research, as such variation provides the substrate for selection to act upon. Although trait variation can arise due to selection, the importance of neutral processes is sometimes understudied. We presented the first reference-quality genome of the Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) and used range-wide...
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