Specific toxins evolved from tweaks to key proteins.
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Australian Venom Research Unit, University of Melbourne in Parkville, Victoria
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Khamsi, R. Vital organs gave snakes their venom. Nature (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/news050228-5
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