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SUBMITTER: Jackson TN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5127106 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jackson Timothy N W TN Koludarov Ivan I Ali Syed A SA Dobson James J Zdenek Christina N CN Dashevsky Daniel D Op den Brouw Bianca B Masci Paul P PP Nouwens Amanda A Josh Peter P Goldenberg Jonathan J Cipriani Vittoria V Hay Chris C Hendrikx Iwan I Dunstan Nathan N Allen Luke L Fry Bryan G BG
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Australia is the stronghold of the front-fanged venomous snake family Elapidae. The Australasian elapid snake radiation, which includes approximately 100 terrestrial species in Australia, as well as Melanesian species and all the world's sea snakes, is less than 12 million years old. The incredible phenotypic and ecological diversity of the clade is matched by considerable diversity in venom composition. The clade's evolutionary youth and dynamic evolution should make it of particular interest t ...[more]