Broad patterns of speciation are correlated with the evolution of new silk proteins in spiders but not in the lepidoptera

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 739-743

  Craig, Catherine L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BROAD PATTERNS; SPECIATION; SPIDERS;

SILK;

SILK FIBROIN;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERBIVORY; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SERICULTURE; SILK; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPIDER; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; LEPIDOPTERA; SILK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 2542558121     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm034351s     Document Type: Article

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