Spiderwebs and silk : tracing evolution from molecules to genes to phenotypes

Spiderwebs and silk : tracing evolution from molecules to genes to phenotypes / by Catherine L. Craig.

This book links the molecular evolution of silk proteins to the evolution and behavioral ecology of web-spinning spiders and other arthropods. Craig's book draws together studies from biochemistry through molecular genetics, cellular physiology, ecology, and behavior to present an integrated un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Craig, Catherine Lee
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Orb weavers > Evolution.
Silk.
silk (textile)
silk (silkworm material)
NATURE > Animals > Insects & Spiders.
Silk
Seide
Physikalisch-chemische Eigenschaft
Evolution
Spinnennetz
Skleroproteine
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Table of Contents:
  • Silk proteins: Breakdown and evolutionary pathways
  • The comparative architecture of silks, fibrous proteins, and their encoding genes in insects and spiders (with C. Riekel)
  • The mechanical functions of silks and their correlated structural properties (with C. Riekel)
  • Insect spatial vision is a potential selective factor on the evolution of silk achromatic properties and web architecture (with M. Lehrer)
  • Insect color vision is a potential selective factor on the evolution of silk chromatic propeprties and web design (with M. Lehrer)
  • Insect learning capacity is a potential selective factor in the evolution of silk color and the decorative silk patterns spun by spiders
  • Inter-gland competition for amino acids and the ATP costs of silk synthesis
  • A one-dimensional developmental system of life-long silk synthesis may preclude the evolution of higher eusociality in spiders
  • Conclusions and looking forward.

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