The skin microbiome facilitates adaptive tetrodotoxin production in poisonous newts
The skin microbiome facilitates adaptive tetrodotoxin production in poisonous newts
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England: eLife Science Publications, Ltd
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English
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England: eLife Science Publications, Ltd
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Rough-skinned newts (
) use tetrodotoxin (TTX) to block voltage-gated sodium (Na
) channels as a chemical defense against predation. Interestingly, newts exhibit extreme population-level variation in toxicity attributed to a coevolutionary arms race with TTX-resistant predatory snakes, but the source of TTX in newts is unknown. Here, we inves...
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The skin microbiome facilitates adaptive tetrodotoxin production in poisonous newts
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_3a53a6c7fc7d494a8851e0d070ff651f
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2050-084X
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2050-084X
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10.7554/eLife.53898
