02929nam 2200637 450 991045823910332120200520144314.01-280-47226-X97866104722601-4237-5773-40-19-535163-01-60256-364-0(CKB)1000000000363160(EBL)272725(OCoLC)191038362(SSID)ssj0000249748(PQKBManifestationID)12094513(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249748(PQKBWorkID)10230854(PQKB)10229056(MiAaPQ)EBC4701601(MiAaPQ)EBC272725(Au-PeEL)EBL4701601(CaPaEBR)ebr11273217(OCoLC)64638600(EXLCZ)99100000000036316020161011h20032003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSpiderwebs and silk tracing evolution from molecules to genes to phenotypes /Catherine L. CraigNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2003.©20031 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512916-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Design6 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; IndexLinks 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.Orb weaversEvolutionSilkElectronic books.Orb weaversEvolution.Silk.595.4/4Craig Catherine Lee855462MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458239103321Spiderwebs and silk1909739UNINA