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Diet-driven Venom Variation

Diet-Driven Venom Variation is a biological phenomenon in reptile toxicology whereby the compositional and functional properties of venom in certain reptilian species are systematically altered as a direct result of dietary influences, distinguishing it from genetically fixed or ontogenetically programmed venom profiles.

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Diet and snake venom evolution

Jennifer C. Daltry, Wolfgang Wüster, Roger S. Thorpe · Nature · 1996 · 681 citations

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Coevolution of diet and prey-specific venom activity supports the role of selection in snake venom evolution

Axel Barlow, Catharine E. Pook, Robert A. Harrison et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2009 · 376 citations · Full text

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Comparative venom gland transcriptome surveys of the saw-scaled vipers (Viperidae: Echis) reveal substantial intra-family gene diversity and novel venom transcripts

Nicholas R. Casewell, Robert A. Harrison, Wolfgang Wüster et al. · BMC Genomics · 2009 · 176 citations · Full text

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Ontogenetic Variation in Venom Composition and Diet of Crotalus oreganus concolor: A Case of Venom Paedomorphosis?

Stephen P. Mackessy, Kwame Williams, Kyle G. Ashton · Copeia · 2003 · 148 citations

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Rapid Evolution by Positive Selection and Gene Gain and Loss: PLA2 Venom Genes in Closely Related Sistrurus Rattlesnakes with Divergent Diets

H. Lisle Gibbs, Wayne Rossiter · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 2008 · 119 citations

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Authors

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  1. WW
    Wolfgang Wüster

    Bangor University, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. HL
    H. Lisle Gibbs

    The Ohio State University, United States

    6 publications · 459 citations

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  3. SP
    Stephen P. Mackessy

    University of Northern Colorado, United States

    5 publications · 411 citations

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  4. KA
    Kevin Arbuckle

    Swansea University, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 272 citations

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  5. ND
    Nathan Dunstan

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    4 publications · 197 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Bangor University

    Bangor, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    22 publications

    4.4K citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    939 citations

  3. James Cook University

    Townsville, Australia

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    511 citations

  4. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    5 h-index

    21 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    287 citations

  6. University of Northern Colorado

    Greeley, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    770 citations

  7. Instituto Butantan

    São Paulo, Brazil

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    Panama City, Panama

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    116 citations

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  1. Toxicon

    11 publications · 455 citations

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  2. Toxins

    5 publications · 193 citations

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  4. Journal of Herpetology

    4 publications · 98 citations

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  5. Copeia

    3 publications · 214 citations

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