Venom complexity correlated with diet complexity in rattlesnakes - Strickland published in PNAS
Posted on June 21, 2021 by Jason Strickland
Photo of an Arizona Black Rattlesnake in Arizona. Photo by Greg Territo.
Dr. Jason Strickland was part of a team of researchers that found that pitvipers that eat more diverse prey tend to have more diverse venoms. The research was 鈥�. The project was led by under the guidance of . You can The research team included faculty and students from the United States, Mexico, and Brazil and resulted in the most complete phylogeny of rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, copperheads, and cantils. Dr. Strickland鈥檚 research uses genomic data to understand how venoms vary among species and you can find more about his research here.
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