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Tang, Xing; Zhang, Yongqun; Hu, Weijun; Xu, Dehong; Tao, Huai; Yang, Xiaoxu; Li, Yan; Jiang, Liping & Liang, Songping (2010), "Molecular
Diversification of peptide toxins from the tarantula
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