How poison frogs survive their own toxins | Science News

Poison frogs resist the effects of their own poisons by tweaking the structure of some proteins that send signals to their brain. But this strategy isn’t foolproof, new research shows.

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R. Tarvin et al. Interacting amino acid replacements allow poison frogs to evolve epibatidine resistance. Science. Vol. 357, September 22, 2017, p. 1261. doi:10.1126/science.aan5061.