Spider silk : evolution and 400 million years of spinning, waiting, snagging, and mating /
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| Author / Creator: | Brunetta, Leslie, 1960- |
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| Imprint: | New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010. |
| Description: | xvi, 229 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8068072 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Timeline of the Spider Fossil Record
- 1. Fossils
- 2. Living Fossils
- 3. Chance and Change
- 4. Outward and Upward
- 5. Triumph over Thin Air
- 6. Small Changes, Big Benefits
- 7. Spinning, Running, Jumping, Swimming
- 8. Going Vertical
- 9. Links
- 10. Now You See It, Now You Don't
- 11. Beyond "Perfect"
- 12. Endless Forms
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
