Expansion and intragenic homogenization of spider silk genes since the triassic: evidence from mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their kin) spidroins

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2454-2464

  Garb, Jessica E ^a   DiMauro, Teresa ^a   Lewis, Randolph V ^b   Hayashi, Cheryl Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Concerted evolution; Fibroin; Gene family; Mygalomorphae; Silk; Spider

Indexed keywords

AZELASTINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROIN;

ARACHNID; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREY; SILK; SPIDER; TARANTULA; TRIASSIC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FIBROINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SILK; SPIDERS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALIATYPUS; ARANEAE; ARANEOMORPHAE; EUAGRUS CHISOSEUS; MYGALOMORPHAE; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 35848932526     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm179     Document Type: Article

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