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To: Biomaven who wrote (12212)7/2/2004 11:21:46 PM
From: fred hayes  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 52153
 
Peter, Ian: Thanks very much for your comments. Often wish I could give as much to this board as I get ...

fred



To: Biomaven who wrote (12212)7/3/2004 12:58:44 PM
From: Biomaven  Respond to of 52153
 
(Now OT) A little more on tetrodoxin, just because it's a fascinating molecule.

Turns out that puffer fish are not the only source for tetrodoxin - indeed it seems to actually derive from bacteria that live in symbiosis with the puffer fish and the other species that contain this toxin.

This site has a nice discussion:

chm.bris.ac.uk

Note the discussion about saxitoxin - a nice example of parallel evolution.

Peter


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