Analysis of intraspecific variation in venoms of Acanthophis antarcticus death adders from South Australia
Intraspecific variation in venom composition and activity has been reported from a wide range of snakes. Geographical origin can be one cause for this variation and has recently been documented from Acanthophis antarcticus death adders sampled across four different Australian states. The present stu...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3797638 2023-05-15T13:46:21+02:00 Analysis of intraspecific variation in venoms of Acanthophis antarcticus death adders from South Australia Herzig, Volker Kohler, Maxie Grund, Kai F Reeve, Shane Smith, A Ian Hodgson, Wayne C 2013-08-25 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797638 en eng Library Publishing Media http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797638 © Copyright The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5 Published by Library Publishing Media. This is an open access article, published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5). This license permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction of the article, provided the original work is appropriately acknowledged with correct citation details. CC-BY-NC Research Article Text 2013 ftpubmed 2013-10-27T00:31:04Z Intraspecific variation in venom composition and activity has been reported from a wide range of snakes. Geographical origin can be one cause for this variation and has recently been documented from Acanthophis antarcticus death adders sampled across four different Australian states. The present study examined whether a narrower sampling range of A. antarcticus from four collection sites within one Australian state (i.e., South Australia) would also exhibit variation in venom composition and/or activity. The present LC-MS results reveal marked differences in the venom composition from different collection sites. The most striking difference was the reduced venom complexity found in the only venom originating from a mallee scrub habitat in comparison to the venoms from coastal heath scrub habitats. Interestingly, the pharmacological activity of all venoms was found to be the same, independent of the collection site. Text Antarc* antarcticus PubMed Central (PMC) |
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Intraspecific variation in venom composition and activity has been reported from a wide range of snakes. Geographical origin can be one cause for this variation and has recently been documented from Acanthophis antarcticus death adders sampled across four different Australian states. The present study examined whether a narrower sampling range of A. antarcticus from four collection sites within one Australian state (i.e., South Australia) would also exhibit variation in venom composition and/or activity. The present LC-MS results reveal marked differences in the venom composition from different collection sites. The most striking difference was the reduced venom complexity found in the only venom originating from a mallee scrub habitat in comparison to the venoms from coastal heath scrub habitats. Interestingly, the pharmacological activity of all venoms was found to be the same, independent of the collection site. |
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Analysis of intraspecific variation in venoms of Acanthophis antarcticus death adders from South Australia |
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Analysis of intraspecific variation in venoms of Acanthophis antarcticus death adders from South Australia |
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Analysis of intraspecific variation in venoms of Acanthophis antarcticus death adders from South Australia |
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Analysis of intraspecific variation in venoms of Acanthophis antarcticus death adders from South Australia |
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Analysis of intraspecific variation in venoms of Acanthophis antarcticus death adders from South Australia |
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analysis of intraspecific variation in venoms of acanthophis antarcticus death adders from south australia |
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