Schematic of C. geographus, showing the venom gland. The Con-Ins G1 transcript is most abundant in the region of the venom gland highlighted in red, as are the transcripts encoding a group of neurotoxins known as the “nirvana cabal” thought to suppress sensory circuitry in fish (Reprinted by permission from Specialized insulin is used for chemical warfare by fish-hunting cone snails. Safavi-Hemami, H., J. Gajewiak, S. Karanth, S.D. Robinson, B. Ueberheide, A.D. Douglass, A. Schlegel, J.S. Imperial, M. Watkins, P.K. Bandyopadhyay, M. Yandell, Q. Li, A.W. Purcell, R.S. Norton, L. Ellgaard, and B.M. Olivera, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423857112)

Schematic of C. geographus, showing the venom gland. The Con-Ins G1 transcript is most abundant in the region of the venom gland highlighted in red, as are the transcripts encoding a group of neurotoxins known as the “nirvana cabal” thought to suppress sensory circuitry in fish (Reprinted by permission from Specialized insulin is used for chemical warfare by fish-hunting cone snails. Safavi-Hemami, H., J. Gajewiak, S. Karanth, S.D. Robinson, B. Ueberheide, A.D. Douglass, A. Schlegel, J.S. Imperial, M. Watkins, P.K. Bandyopadhyay, M. Yandell, Q. Li, A.W. Purcell, R.S. Norton, L. Ellgaard, and B.M. Olivera, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423857112)

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