Spiderwebs and silk : tracing evolution from molecules to genes to phenotypes /
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| Author / Creator: | Craig, Catherine Lee. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford Univesity Press, 2003. |
| Description: | xxv, 230 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5130048 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Silk Proteins: Breakdown and Evolutionary Pathways
- 2. The Comparative Architecture of Silks, Fibrous Proteins, and Their Encoding Genes in Insects and Spiders (with C. Riekel)
- 3. The Mechanical Functions of Silks and Their Correlated Structural Properties (with C. Riekel)
- 4. Insect Spatial Vision Is a Potential Selective Factor on the Evolution of Silk Achromatic Properties and Web Architecture (with M. Lehrer)
- 5. Insect Color Vision Is a Potential Selective Factor on the Evolution of Silk Chromatic Properties and Web Design (with M. Lehrer)
- 6. Insect Learning Capacity Is a Potential Selective Factor in the Evolution of Silk Color and the Decorative Silk Patterns Spun by Spiders
- 7. 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.
