Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
When one phenotype is not enough - divergent evolutionary trajectories govern venom variation in a widespread rattlesnake species
G. Zancolli, J. J. Calvete, M. D. Cardwell…·W. Wuster
This study shows that venom variation in rattlesnakes is driven by divergent selective pressures acting on separate toxin genes, not diet or neutral population structure.
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2018.2735