Evolutionary BiologyOpen BiologyPeer-reviewed
Ghrelin and Mboat4 are lost in Serpentes
Rui Resende Pinto, Raquel Ruivo, Josefin Stiller…·Rute R. da Fonseca
The paper identifies the independent loss of ghrelin and Mboat4 in snakes, chameleons, and toadhead agamas, linking it to adaptations in energy metabolism.