When one phenotype is not enough - divergent evolutionary trajectories govern venom variation in a widespread rattlesnake species
G. Zancolli, J. J. Calvete, M. D. Cardwell, H. W. Greene, W. K. Hayes, M. J. Hegarty, H.-W. Herrmann, A. T. Holycross, D. I. Lannutti, J. F. Mulley, L. Sanz, Z. D. Travis, J. R. Whorley, C. E. Wuster, W. Wuster
This study shows that venom variation in rattlesnakes is driven by divergent selective pressures acting on separate toxin genes, not diet or neutral population structure.
bioRxiv · Sep 12, 2018Evolutionary Biology