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SUBMITTER: Duda TF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2680045 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Duda Thomas F TF Lee Taehwan T
PloS one 20090520 5
<h4>Background</h4>Ecological release is coupled with adaptive radiation and ecological diversification yet little is known about the molecular basis of phenotypic changes associated with this phenomenon. The venomous, predatory marine gastropod Conus miliaris has undergone ecological release and exhibits increased dietary breadth at Easter Island.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We examined the extent of genetic differentiation of two genes expressed in the venom of C. miliaris among samp ...[more]