Silk genes support the single origin of orb webs

被引：72

作者：

Garb, Jessica E. ^{[1
]}

DiMauro, Teresa ^{[1
]}

Vo, Victoria ^{[1
]}

Hayashi, Cheryl Y. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Biol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

来源：

SCIENCE | 2006年 / 312卷 / 5781期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.1127946

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Sequence analyses of the genes for spider silk proteins show that orb-webs, which allow spiders to catch flying prey, have a single, ancient origin in the late Jurassic.

引用

页码：1762 / 1762

页数：1

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