Experimental evolution of venom resistance

Micaiah Ward , Alex Oliver , Lauren Maquet , Darin Rokyta
Toxicon 177

2020
Quantity, Not Quality: Rapid Adaptation in a Polygenic Trait Proceeded Exclusively through Expression Differentiation.

Mark J Margres , Kenneth P Wray , Alyssa T B Hassinger , Micaiah J Ward
Molecular Biology and Evolution 34 ( 12) 3099 -3110

39
2017
Venom peptides with dual modulatory activity on the voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1. 1 provide novel leads for development of antiepileptic drugs

Chun Yuen Chow , Yanni K-Y Chin , Andrew A Walker , Shaodong Guo
ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science 3 ( 1) 119 -134

16
2019
Female-biased population divergence in the venom of the Hentz striped scorpion (Centruroides hentzi).

Micaiah J Ward , Schyler A Ellsworth , Michael P Hogan , Gunnar S Nystrom
Toxicon 152 137 -149

5
2018
Varying Modes of Selection Among Toxin Families in the Venoms of the Giant Desert Hairy Scorpions (Hadrurus)

Gunnar S Nystrom , Schyler A Ellsworth , Micaiah J Ward , Darin R Rokyta
Journal of Molecular Evolution 91 ( 6) 935 -962

2
2023
Selection across the three-dimensional structure of venom proteins from North American Scolopendromorph centipedes

Schyler A Ellsworth , Rhett M Rautsaw , Micaiah J Ward , Matthew L Holding
Journal of molecular evolution 1 -20

2024
Sex-based venom variation in the eastern bark centipede (Hemiscolopendra marginata)

Gunnar S Nystrom , Micaiah J Ward , Schyler A Ellsworth , Darin R Rokyta
Toxicon 169 45 -58

4
2019
Convergent recruitment of adamalysin-like metalloproteases in the venom of the red bark centipede (Scolopocryptops sexspinosus).

Schyler A Ellsworth , Gunnar S Nystrom , Micaiah J Ward , Luciana Aparecida Freitas de Sousa
Toxicon 168 1 -15

4
2019
The Chemosensory Repertoire of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) Reveals Complementary Genetics of Olfactory and Vomeronasal-Type Receptors.

Darin R. Rokyta , A. Carl Whittington , H. Lisle Gibbs , Michael B. Broe
Journal of Molecular Evolution 89 ( 4) 313 -328

2021
The genetics of venom ontogeny in the eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)

Darin R. Rokyta , Mark J. Margres , Micaiah J. Ward , Elda E. Sanchez
PeerJ 5 0

27
2017
Tipping the scales: the migration-selection balance leans toward selection in snake venoms

MJ Margres , AH Patton , KP Wray , ATB Hassinger
Molecular Biology and Evolution

24
2018