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Evolution of Venomous Anima...
This volume contains a section on the wider evolutionary context of venom in animals, the molecular evolutionary processes involved in generating diversity, and the concept of venom evolution as being driven by an arms race that also involves evolution of resistance to toxins by prey. It also studies the relationship between the evolution of toxins and the evolution of the animals that they evolved within. The last section discusses the evolution of venom delivery systems. The definition of a venomous animal, as opposed to a poisonous one, encompasses the evolution not just of toxins but also a specialized mechanism for administering them by injection. .
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monografia Rebiun18766684 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun18766684 cr nn 008mamaa 170327s2017 ne | s |||| 0|eng d 9789400764583 978-94-007-6458-3 10.1007/978-94-007-6458-3 doi UPVA 996877608103706 CBUC 991050728839706706 CBUC 991002756399706708 UR0409245 TDCW bicssc MED072000 bisacsh 615.19 23 Evolution of Venomous Animals and Their Toxins Recurso electrónico-En línea] edited by Anita Malhotra Dordrecht Springer Netherlands Imprint: Springer 2017 Dordrecht Dordrecht Springer Netherlands Imprint: Springer 89 illus., 66 illus. in color. eReference. online resource 89 illus., 66 illus. in color. eReference. Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Toxinology 2542-761X Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642) A Critique of the Toxicoferan Hypothesis -- Evolution of Resistance to Toxins in Prey -- Evolution of Separate Predation- and Defence-Evoked Venoms in Carnivorous Cone Snails -- Evolutionary Context of Venom in Animals -- Functional and Genetic Diversity of Toxins in Sea Anemones -- Independent Origins of Scorpion Toxins Affecting Potassium and Sodium Channels -- Mutation, Duplication, and More in the Evolution of Venomous Animals and Their Toxins -- Parasitoid Wasps and Their Venoms -- The Strategic Use of Venom by Spiders -- Toxicity in Cephalopods -- Venom Use in Mammals: Evolutionary Aspects -- Venom as a Component of External Immune Defense in Hymenoptera -- Phylogeny of Annelida -- Systematics and Evolution of the Conoidea -- Systematics of Cephalopods -- Systematics of Siphonophores -- Evolution of the Snake Venom Delivery System -- Evolution, Morphology and Development of the Centipede Venom System -- Evolutionary History of Venom Glands in the Siluriformes Accesible sólo para usuarios de la UPV Recurso a texto completo This volume contains a section on the wider evolutionary context of venom in animals, the molecular evolutionary processes involved in generating diversity, and the concept of venom evolution as being driven by an arms race that also involves evolution of resistance to toxins by prey. It also studies the relationship between the evolution of toxins and the evolution of the animals that they evolved within. The last section discusses the evolution of venom delivery systems. The definition of a venomous animal, as opposed to a poisonous one, encompasses the evolution not just of toxins but also a specialized mechanism for administering them by injection. . Reproducción electrónica Forma de acceso: Web Medicine Pharmaceutical technology Biochemistry Animal physiology Biomedicine Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology Animal Biochemistry Animal Physiology Malhotra, Anita. editor SpringerLink (Servicio en línea) Springer eBooks Springer eBooks Printed edition 9789400764576 Toxinology 2542-761X