Are Pacific Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris regilla) Resistant to Tetrodotoxin (TTX)? Characterizing Potential TTX Exposure and Resistance in an Ecological Associate of Pacific Newts (Taricha)
K. O. Montana, V. Ramirez-Castaneda, R. D. Tarvin
This study investigates whether Pacific Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris regilla) are resistant to tetrodotoxin (TTX) by analyzing sodium channel sequences and activity patterns relative to TTX-producing Taricha newts.
bioRxiv · Jan 22, 2022Evolutionary Biology