Beyond venomous fangs: Uloboridae spiders have lost their venom but not their toxicity
X. Peng, L. Dersch, J. Dresler, T. Lüddecke, T. Dederichs, P. Michalik, S. Peigneur, J. Tytgat, A. Hassan, A. Mucciolo, M. Robinson-Rechavi, G. Zancolli
This study investigates Uloboridae spiders' venom loss and toxicity, finding they lack venom glands but retain toxin-like genes in digestive fluids with different toxic mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Jun 26, 2023Evolutionary Biology