Monkeying around with venom: an increased resistance to α-neurotoxins supports an evolutionary arms race between Afro-Asian primates and sympatric cobras

Abstract Background Snakes and primates have a multi-layered coevolutionary history as predators, prey, and competitors with each other. Previous work has explored the Snake Detection Theory (SDT), which focuses on the role of snakes as predators of primates and argues that snakes have exerted a sel...

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Auteurs principaux: Richard J. Harris, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris, Bryan G. Fry
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Langue:EN
Publié: BMC 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/87f04c7b746747258e657a1ff1a04ec2
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