| genome-wide snps clarify lineage diversity confused by coloration in coralsnakes of the micrurus diastema species complex (serpentes: elapidae). | new world coralsnakes of the genus micrurus are a diverse radiation of highly venomous and brightly colored snakes that range from north carolina to argentina. species in this group have played central roles in developing and testing hypotheses about the evolution of mimicry and aposematism. despite their diversity and prominence as model systems, surprisingly little is known about species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships within micrurus, which has substantially hindered meaningful anal ... | 2020 | 32084510 |
| cloning and sequencing of three-finger toxins from the venom glands of four micrurus species from mexico and heterologous expression of an alpha-neurotoxin from micrurus diastema. | the three-finger toxins (3ftxs) represent an extremely diverse protein family in elapid venoms, where the short chain α-neurotoxins are the most relevant toxin group from the clinical point of view. essentially, the 3ftxs variability and the low proportions of α-neurotoxins in the venoms of north american coral snakes make it difficult to obtain effective elapid antivenoms against the envenomation symptoms caused mainly by these α-neurotoxins. in this work, thirty 3ftx transcript sequences were ... | 2018 | 29391193 |