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Locked in combat on the reef, soft corals, over evolutionary time, developed poisonous compounds to deter consumers, while the marine snail Cyphoma evolved a "defensome"—a collection of genes and proteins that detoxify the compounds, and continues to graze on corals. Will there be a next step in the arms race?
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Posted: August 25, 2008
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