Adaptive Evolution of Scorpion Sodium Channel Toxins

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Journal of Molecular Evolution

• Publication date

  2004-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00239-003-2534-2PMID 15042334
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