Population Specific Adaptations in Venom Production to Abiotic Stressors in a Widely Distributed Cnidarian
M. Y. Sachkova, J. Macrander, J. M. Surm, R. Aharoni, S. S. Menard-Harvey, A. Klock, W. B. Leach, A. M. Reitzel, Y. Moran
The study examines how abiotic stressors affect venom production in Nematostella vectensis across its geographic range, finding that toxin expression varies with local adaptation.
bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2020Evolutionary Biology