The roles of balancing selection and recombination in the evolution of rattlesnake venom - Nature.com
7/18/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
Analysing whole-genome sequences from 68 rattlesnakes, the authors show a role of long-term balancing selection in maintaining diversity of multiple venom gene families and find reduced selective interference of venom genes with neighbouring loci.