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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458239103321

Autore

Craig Catherine Lee

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-280-47226-X

9786610472260

1-4237-5773-4

0-19-535163-0

1-60256-364-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

595.4/4

Soggetti

Orb weavers - Evolution

Silk

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Silk Proteins: Breakdown and Evolutionary Pathways; 2 The Comparative Architecture of Silks, Fibrous Proteins, and Their Encoding Genes in Insects and Spiders; 3 The Mechanical Functions of Silks and Their Correlated Structural Properties; 4 Insect Spatial Vision Is a Potential Selective Factor on the Evolution of Silk Achromatic Properties and Web Architecture; 5 Insect Color Vision Is a Potential Selective Factor on the Evolution of Silk Chromatic Properties and Web Design

6 Insect Learning Capacity Is a Potential Selective Factor in the Evolution of Silk Color and the Decorative Silk Patterns Spun by Spiders7 Inter-Gland Competition for Amino Acids and the ATP Costs of Silk Synthesis; 8 A One-Dimensional Developmental System and Life-Long Silk Synthesis May Preclude the Evolution of Higher Eusociality in Spiders; 9 Conclusions and Looking Forward; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Links the molecular evolution of silk proteins to the evolution and behavioral ecology of web-spinning spiders and other arthropods. This



book presents an integrated understanding of an interesting biological system at the molecular and organizational levels.