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How a rattlesnake avoids suffering from its own venom

Common North American viper protects itself with the help of an ancient gene.
A western diamondback rattlesnake coiled up on the desert floor at dusk

The western diamondback rattlesnake makes antivenoms against the chemicals it uses to subdue its prey. Credit: Karine Aigner/Nature Picture Library

A species of rattlesnake adapted an ancient gene to protect itself against its own arsenal of deadly venoms1.

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Nature 612, 592 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04389-7

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  1. Ukken, F. P., Dowell, N. L., Hajra, M. & Carroll, S. B. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2214880119 (2022).

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