From diet to defense: serpin duplication and gene-expression evolution as putative contributors to poison-frog alkaloid sequestration
Jeffrey L. Coleman, Vincent S. Le, Genrietta Yagudayeva, Md Abu Bakar Siddique, Mónica I. Páez‐Vacas, David Salazar‐Valenzuela, Matthew H. Dixon, Ian M. Riddington, Nicolas Del Castillo-Aguilera, Malki Bustos, Juan C. Santos, Rebecca L. Young, David C. Cannatella
This study investigates the molecular mechanisms of alkaloid sequestration in poison frogs by analyzing serpin gene family evolution and liver gene expression.
bioRxiv · Jul 19, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology