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Published in 2018 at "Scientific Reports"
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19946-2
Abstract: Here we show that the most venomous spiders in the world are phylogenetically misplaced. Australian atracine spiders (family Hexathelidae), including the notorious Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus, produce venom peptides that can kill people. Intriguingly,…
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Keywords:
venomous spiders;
venom evolution;
phylogenomic reclassification;
reclassification world ... See more keywords