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An 8-legged Bite: The Evolution of Venom in Spiders and Beyond (Ep 48)
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An 8-legged Bite: The Evolution of Venom in Spiders and Beyond (Ep 48)

How did the Brown Recluse get its powerful bite? How widespread is venom across the tree of life? How do spiders use their venoms?

On this episode of Big Biology, we talk with spider venom expert Greta Binford (@gretabinford), a Biology Professor and Biology Department Chair at Lewis & Clark University. Her lab explores the vast chemical richness of spider venom and how those venoms have evolved. We talked with Greta about the function of venom, how it’s evolved throughout the tree…

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