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Diet and snake venom evolution.

Nature - 8 Feb 1996

Daltry J C, Wüster W, Thorpe R S

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Venom composition within snake species can show considerable geographical variation, an important consideration because bites by conspecific populations may differ in symptomatology and require different treatments. The underlying causes of this phenomenon have never been explained. Here we present evidence that the variation in the venom of the pitviper Calloselasma rhodostoma (Serpentes: Viperidae) is closely...

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PMID: 8596631
DOI: 10.1038/379537a0

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