The habu genome reveals accelerated evolution of venom protein genes

• Published in: Scientific Reports Vol. 8; no. 11300; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Shibata, Hiroki, Chijiwa, Takahito, Oda-Ueda, Naoko, Nakamura, Hitomi, Yamaguchi, Kazuaki, Hattori, Shousaku, Matsubara, Kazumi, Matsuda, Yoichi, Yamashita, Akifumi, Isomoto, Akiko, Mori, Kazuki, Tashiro, Kosuke, Kuhara, Satoru, Yamasaki, Shinichi, Fujie, Manabu, Goto, Hiroki, Koyanagi, Ryo, Takeuchi, Takeshi, Fukumaki, Yasuyuki, Ohno, Motonori, Shoguchi, Eiichi, Hisata, Kanako, Satoh, Noriyuki, Ogawa, Tomohisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer Nature Publishing AG 26.07.2018; Nature Publishing Group UK; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 45; 631/181/2474; 631/208/212/2304; 82/29; Animal behavior; Biological research; Evolution; Evolutionary genetics; Gene families; Genomes; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Phylogeny; Prey; Proteins; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Snakes; Toxins; Venom

Evolution of novel traits is a challenging subject in biological research. Several snake lineages developed elaborate venom systems to deliver complex protein mixtures for prey capture. To understand mechanisms involved in snake venom evolution, we decoded here the ~1.4-Gb genome of a habu, Protobot...