Venom Genes and Genomes of Venomous Animals: Evolution and Variation
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Venoms".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 July 2025 | Viewed by 3347
Special Issue Editors
Interests: snake beta-defensins; snake venom and toxins; molecular evolution; gene expression
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The evolution of a gene occurs not only after point mutations, insertions, or the deletions of sequences but also due to its location in the genome, which may encompass recombinations, duplications, and/or other events. In this way, it is interesting to study not only the toxin genes but also the genome of venomous animals in all forms of organization, which includes chromosomes and chromosome evolution. In addition, the localization of toxin genes in the chromosome can influence the expression of that toxin.
Thus, this Special Issue aims to publish what has been done to toxins at the genetic level, as well as studies related to the genomes and chromosomes of venomous animals from evolutionary and multidisciplinary perspectives, thus looking at the evolution of toxins and venoms in an interdisciplinary way.
Reviews and research papers on genetic and biochemical aspects of venom polymorphism, toxin variation, toxin expression, and genomes of venomous animals are accepted, as well as explorations of co-evolution from an interdisciplinary approach.
Dr. Nancy Oguiura
Dr. Maria José J. Silva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- venom polymorphism
- toxin evolution
- gene expression
- gene structure
- genome evolution
- gene family
- transcriptome
- genome structure and organization
- next-generation sequencing
- co-evolution
- convergent evolution
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