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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Main Authors: | Richard J. Harris, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris, Bryan G. Fry |
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Language: | EN |
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2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/87f04c7b746747258e657a1ff1a04ec2 |
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