A class of toxins in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common genetic origin (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

A class of toxins in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common genetic origin

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A new study has found that a class of toxins found in snake and mammalian venom evolved from the same ancestral gene.

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Pixabay

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