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