Article
Naja siamensis, a cryptic species of venomous snake revealed by mtDNA sequencing.
Experientia - 15 Jan 1994
Wüster W, Thorpe R S
Abstract excerpt
Because of possible variation in venom composition, an understanding of venomous snake systematics is of great importance for the optimization of antivenom treatment of snakebite patients. Intraspecific variation in the morphology of many venomous snakes complicates the definition and identificat...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Elapidae
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Species Specificity