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. 2021 Oct 4;153(10):e202112988.
doi: 10.1085/jgp.202112988. Epub 2021 Sep 7.

How do batrachotoxin-bearing frogs and birds avoid self intoxication?

Roberto Márquez  1   2
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How do batrachotoxin-bearing frogs and birds avoid self intoxication?

Roberto Márquez. J Gen Physiol. .

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Abderemane-Ali et al. investigated the mechanisms underlying self-resistance in poison dart frogs and poison birds.

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