Evolution of arthropod silks

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue , 1997, Pages 231-267

  Craig, Catherine L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

insect; Onychophora; spider; spinneret; spinning

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ONYCHOPHORA;

EID: 0030940619     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.42.1.231     Document Type: Review

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