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Format: XVI, 229 S., [4] Bl. : , Ill., graph. Darst.

ISBN: 978-0-300-14922-7 , 978-0-300-18146-3

Content: Spiders, objects of eternal human fascination, are found in many places: on the ground, in the air, and even under water. Leslie Brunetta and Catherine Craig have teamed up to produce a substantive yet entertaining book for anyone who has ever wondered, as a spider rappelled out of reach on a line of silk, 'How do they do that?'. The orb web, that iconic wheel-shaped web most of us associate with spiders, contains at least four different silk proteins, each performing a different function and all meshing together to create a fly-catching machine that has amazed and inspired humans through the ages. Brunetta and Craig tell the intriguing story of how spiders evolved over 400 million years to add new silks and new uses for silk to their survival 'toolkit' and, in the telling, take readers far beyond the orb. The authors describe the trials and triumphs of spiders as they use silk to negotiate an ever-changing environment, and they show how natural selection acts at the genetic level and as individuals struggle for survival.

Language: English

Subjects: Engineering , Biology

Keywords: Spinnen ; Seide ; Faserstoff

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URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: 1 online resource (257 pages) : , illustrations, tables

ISBN: 9780195351637 (ebook)

Additional Edition: Print version: Craig, Catherine Lee. Spiderwebs and silk : tracing evolution from molecules to genes to phenotypes. New York, New York : Oxford University Press, c2003 ISBN 9780195129168

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: xvi, 229 p. : , ill. (some col.)

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-299-46386-X , 0-300-16315-0

Content: Spiders, objects of eternal human fascination, are found in many places: on the ground, in the air, and even under water. Leslie Brunetta and Catherine Craig have teamed up to produce a substantive yet entertaining book for anyone who has ever wondered, as a spider rappelled out of reach on a line of silk, "How do they do that? "The orb web, that iconic wheel-shaped web most of us associate with spiders, contains at least four different silk proteins, each performing a different function and all meshing together to create a fly-catching machine that has amazed and inspired humans through the ages. Brunetta and Craig tell the intriguing story of how spiders evolved over 400 million years to add new silks and new uses for silk to their survival "toolkit" and, in the telling, take readers far beyond the orb. The authors describe the trials and triumphs of spiders as they use silk to negotiate an ever-changing environment, and they show how natural selection acts at the genetic level and as individuals struggle for survival.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Front matter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , A Timeline of the Spider Fossil Record -- , One. Fossils -- , Two. Living Fossils -- , Three. Chance and Change -- , Four. Outward and Upward -- , Five. Triumph over Thin Air -- , Six. Small Changes, Big Benefits -- , Seven. Spinning, Running, Jumping, Swimming -- , Eight. Going Vertical -- , Nine. Links -- , Ten. Now You See It, Now You Don't -- , Eleven. Beyond "Perfect" -- , Twelve. Endless Forms -- , Notes -- , Glossary -- , Bibliography -- , Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-300-14922-0

Language: English

DOI: 10.12987/9780300163155

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Format: 1 online resource (257 p.)

ISBN: 0-19-028459-5 , 0-19-770202-3 , 1-280-47226-X , 9786610472260 , 1-4237-5773-4 , 0-19-535163-0 , 1-60256-364-0

Series Statement: Oxford scholarship online

Content: This work links the molecular evolution of silk proteins to the evolutuion and behavioural ecology of web-spinning spiders and other arthropods.

Note: Previously issued in print: 2003. , 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 , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-19-512916-4

Language: English

DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195129168.001.0001