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Review
. 2010 Feb 23;20(4):R152-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.029.

Convergent evolution: pick your poison carefully

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Convergent evolution: pick your poison carefully

Edmund D Brodie 3rd. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Genomic and biochemical analyses reveal that two independently evolved serine protease venoms in mammals and lizards have converged on nearly identical protein structures. Likewise, in two groups of frog, an identical toxin, caerulein, has arisen repeatedly from unique genes in those lineages.

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