Target - specificity in scorpions; comparing lethality of scorpion venoms across arthropods and vertebrates

ABSTRACT: Scorpions use their venom in defensive situations as well as for subduing prey. Since some species of scorpion use their venom more in defensive situations than others, this may have led to selection for differences in effectiveness in defensive situations. Here, we compared the LD50 of th...

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Autores:

van der Meijden, Arie
Koch, Bjørn
Van der Valk, Tom
Vargas Muñoz, Leidy Johana
Estrada Gómez, Sebastián

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2017

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/23810

Acceso en línea:

http://hdl.handle.net/10495/23810

Palabra clave:

Escorpiones
Scorpions
Venenos de Artrópodos
Arthropod Venoms
Pollos
Chickens
Pez Cebra
Zebrafish
Gusano de la harina
yellow mealworm
Waxworm
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1404740069986

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openAccess

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/