1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910711770803321

Autore

Calkins James Alfred <1923->

Titolo

Description of CRIB, the GIPSY retrieval mechanism, and the interface to the General Electric MARK III service / / by James A. Calkins [and five others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Virginia] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1978

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, A49 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Geological Survey circular ; ; 755-A

Soggetti

Mines and mineral resources - United States - Data processing

Mines and mineral resources - United States - Information services

Mines and mineral resources - Data processing

Mines and mineral resources - Information services

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"CRIB, the Mineral Resources Data Bank of U.S. Geological Survey, Guide for Public Users, 1977."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page A19).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784677503321

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

0-19-770202-3

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

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.