Figure 5.

Intra-clade transcriptomic comparison for the Gastridium clade. Three-way Venn diagrams depicting the extent of the (a) gene superfamily and (b) venom duct conotoxin precursor overlap observed between C. geographus and C. tulipa (S1 and S2). Thirteen gene superfamilies were common to both the species, while six and three superfamilies were exclusive to C. geographus and C. tulipa respectively. Despite this broad overlap, both species produce a cohort of conotoxin precursors that are distinctly exclusive. (c) The number of conotoxin sequences expressed by both species across the 13 common gene superfamilies.