Phylogenomics of scorpions reveal a co-diversification of scorpion mammalian predators and mammal-specific sodium channel toxins
C. E. Sanitbanez-Lopez, S. Aharon, J. A. Ballesteros, G. Gainett, C. M. Baker, E. Gonzalez-Santillan, M. S. Harvey, M. K. Hassan, A. H. Abu-Almaaty, S. M. Aldeyarbi, L. Monod, A. Ojanguren-Affilastro, R. J. Raven, R. Pinto-da-Rocha, Y. Zvik, , P. P. Sharma
This study uses phylogenomic data to show that mammalian-specific sodium channel toxins in scorpion venom co-diversified with their mammalian predators.
bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology