Evolution of Venomous Animals and Their Toxins

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Malhotra, Anita (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Toxinology,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Biochemistry.; Animal physiology.; Biomedicine.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; Animal Biochemistry.; Animal Physiology.

This volume contains a section on the wider evolutionary context of venom in animals, the molecular evolutionary processes involved in generating diversity, and the concept of venom evolution as being driven by an arms race that also involves evolution of resistance to toxins by prey. It also studie...