Evolutionary BiologyMolecular Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
From Neuropeptides to Toxins: Illuminating the Origins of Venom Complexity in Cone Snails
Thomas Lund Koch, Giada Ferrari, Sunita B. Sumanam…·Helena Safavi-Hemami
The paper identifies how neuropeptide genes in cone snails evolved into toxins through mechanisms like exon shuffling and transposable element-driven recombination, revealing dynamic genome-molecular innovation interactions.
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