Publication . Pardos-Blas, José Ramón; Irisarri, Iker; Abalde, Samuel; Afonso, Carlos; Jimenez-Tenorio, M.; Zardoya, Rafael
Venoms are deadly weapons to subdue prey or deter predators that have evolved independently in many animal lineages. The genomes of venomous animals are essential to understand the evolutionary mechanisms involved in the origin and diversification of venoms.