Redistribution of ancestral functions underlies the evolution of venom production in marine predatory snails
Giulia Zancolli, Maria Vittoria Modica, Nicolas Puillandre, Yuri Kantor, Agneesh Barua, Giulia Campli, Marc Robinson‐Rechavi
This study investigates how venom glands in marine snails evolved by redistributing ancestral digestive functions to other organs and modulating secretory machinery.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Apr 24, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology