Spiderwebs and silk : tracing evolution from molecules to genes to phenotypes /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=150057 |
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.