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

• Autore: Craig Catherine Lee
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2003; ©2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 595.4/4
• Soggetto topico: Orb weavers - Evolution; Silk
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Spiderwebs and silk
• ISBN: 1-280-47226-X; 9786610472260; 1-4237-5773-4; 0-19-535163-0; 1-60256-364-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458239103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II