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You are what your ancestors ate: retained bufadienolide resistance in the piscivorous water cobra Naja annulata (Serpentes: Elapidae)

Jessica Fletcher, Auteur ; Anita Malhotra, Auteur ; Wolfgang Wuster, Auteur

Dans Herpetological Journal (The) (33(3) July, 2023)

Predators exploiting chemically defended prey are generally resistant to prey toxins. However, toxin resistance usually incurs a fitness cost and is therefore often lost when no longer needed. Bufonid toads are a frequently abundant food resourc[...]

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