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A Segregating Structural Variant Defines Novel Venom Phenotypes in the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Apr 2025
Nachtigall Pedro G, Nystrom Gunnar S, Broussard Emilie M, Wray Kenneth P, Junqueira-de-Azevedo Inácio L M, Parkinson Christopher L, Margres Mark J, Rokyta Darin R
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Of all mutational mechanisms contributing to phenotypic variation, structural variants are both among the most capable of causing major effects as well as the most technically challenging to identify. Intraspecific variation in snake venoms is widely reported, and one of the most dramatic patterns described is the parallel evolution of streamlined neurotoxic rattlesnake venoms from hemorrhagic ancestors by means...
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