Venom (toxins) is an important trait evolved along the evolutionary tree of animals. Our
knowledges on venoms, such as their origins and loss, the biological relevance and the …

Venomics research is being revolutionized by the increased use of sensitive-omics
techniques to identify venom toxins and their transcripts in both well studied and neglected …

This article presents the design, fabrication, modeling, and preliminary tests of a bloodworm-
inspired soft gripper for universal grasping. The gripper was designed and fabricated based …

Animal venom is a complex cocktail of bioactive chemicals that traditionally drew interest
mostly from biochemists and pharmacologists. However, in recent years the evolutionary …

Genes limited to particular clades, taxonomically restricted genes (TRGs), are common in all
sequenced genomes. TRGs have recently become associated with the evolution of novelty …

Assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) are venomous insects, most of which
prey on invertebrates. Assassin bug venom has features in common with venoms from other …

Tube anemones, or cerianthids, are a phylogenetically informative group of cnidarians with
complex life histories, including a pelagic larval stage and tube-dwelling adult stage, both …

Glyceridae (Annelida) are a group of venomous annelids distributed worldwide from
intertidal to abyssal depths. To trace the evolutionary history and complexity of glycerid …

Venoms evolved convergently in diverse animal lineages as key adaptations that increase
the evolutionary fitness of species which are manifold employed for defense, predation, and …

Despite the many publications concerning the isolation of substances and the many reviews
of marine natural products, some groups of organisms remain poorly studied, including …