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SUBMITTER: Kazemi SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6680535 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kazemi Seyed Mahdi SM Sabatier Jean-Marc JM
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20190723 14
Scorpions, a characteristic group of arthropods, are among the earliest diverging arachnids, dating back almost 440 million years. One of the many interesting aspects of scorpions is that they have venom arsenals for capturing prey and defending against predators, which may play a critical role in their evolutionary success. Unfortunately, however, scorpion envenomation represents a serious health problem in several countries, including Iran. Iran is acknowledged as an area with a high richness ...[more]