Molecular evidence for the first records of facultative parthenogenesis in elapid snakes [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Parthenogenesis is a form of asexual reproduction by which embryos develop from unfertilized eggs. Parthenogenesis occurs in reptiles; however, it is not yet known to occur in the widespread elapid snakes (Elapidae), which include well-known taxa such as
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Identification and Characterization of Novel Serpentoviruses in Viperid and Elapid Snakes [PDF]
VirusesViruses in the subfamily Serpentovirinae (order Nidovirales, family Tobaniviridae) can cause significant morbidity and mortality in captive snakes, but documented infections have been limited to snakes of the Boidae, Colubridae, Homalopsidae, and ...
Steven B. Tillis +11 more
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Venom Down Under: Dynamic Evolution of Australian Elapid Snake Toxins [PDF]
Toxins, 2013 Despite the unparalleled diversity of venomous snakes in Australia, research has concentrated on a handful of medically significant species and even of these very few toxins have been fully sequenced.
Timothy N. W. Jackson +9 more
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Macroevolution in axial morphospace: innovations accompanying the transition to marine environments in elapid snakes [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Sea snakes in the Hydrophis-Microcephalophis clade (Elapidae) show exceptional body shape variation along a continuum from similar forebody and hindbody girths, to dramatically reduced girths of the forebody relative to hindbody. The latter is associated
Emma Sherratt +5 more
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A Simple and Novel Strategy for the Production of a Pan-specific Antiserum against Elapid Snakes of Asia. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Snakebite envenomation is a serious medical problem in many tropical developing countries and was considered by WHO as a neglected tropical disease.
Kavi Ratanabanangkoon +8 more
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A Quest for a Universal Plasma-Derived Antivenom Against All Elapid Neurotoxic Snake Venoms
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 This review describes the research aimed at the development of universal antivenom against elapid neurotoxic snake venoms. The antivenoms produced in Thailand in the 1980s were of low potency, especially against the elapid venoms.
Kavi Ratanabanangkoon
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Toxins, 2016 Australia is the stronghold of the front-fanged venomous snake family Elapidae. The Australasian elapid snake radiation, which includes approximately 100 terrestrial species in Australia, as well as Melanesian species and all the world's true sea snakes,
Timothy N. W. Jackson +16 more
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Differential Effects of Marimastat and Prinomastat on the Metalloprotease Activity of Various Snake Venoms [PDF]
ToxinsSnakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease, responsible for approximately 140,000 deaths globally each year. Vipers and elapid snakes represent the most significant snake families in medical contexts, exhibiting a variety of venom components ...
Mahtab Khatibi +6 more
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Sagaratremaeugari (Tubangui and Masilungan, 1936) (Digenea: Liolopidae) bridges a gap in liolopid diversity in sea snakes [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionThe family Liolopidae comprises digenean trematodes parasitizing amphibians and reptiles, although the life cycles and evolutionary history of several taxa remain poorly understood.
Nannaphat Suwannarat +6 more
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The evolution of scale sensilla in the transition from land to sea in elapid snakes. [PDF]
Open Biol, 2016 Crowe-Riddell JM +5 more
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