Study shows defensive poison in cone snails repurposed for use in catching fish
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Australia's University of Queensland has found that a toxin produced by a species of cone snail appears to have evolved from a defensive purpose to an offensive weapon. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes their study of conotoxins in Conus suturatus and why their results indicate an evolutionary shift occurred for the species.