The challenge of integrating proximate and ultimate causes to reconstruct the natural histories of venoms: the evolutionary link

Expert Rev Proteomics. 2016 Dec;13(12):1059-1061. doi: 10.1080/14789450.2017.1242416. Epub 2016 Oct 8.

Author

Juan J Calvete¹

Affiliation

¹ a Structural and Functional Venomics Laboratory, Department of Genomics and Proteomics , Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (CSIC) , Valencia , Spain.

PMID: 27678017
DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2017.1242416

No abstract available

Keywords: Snake venom; evolutionary link; proximate causation; ultimate causation; venomics.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Biological
Animals
Evolution, Molecular
Humans
Snake Venoms / genetics*
Snake Venoms / therapeutic use
Snakes / genetics

Substances

Snake Venoms