Cupiennius salei and Achaearanea tepidariorum: Spider models for investigating evolution and development

BioEssays

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 487-498

  McGregor, Alistair P ^a   Hilbrant, Maarten ^a   Pechmann, Matthias ^a,b   Schwager, Evelyn E ^a   Prpic, Nikola Michael ^b   Damen, Wim G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHAEARANEA TEPIDARIORUM; CUPIENNIUS SALEI; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EVOLUTION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SERICULTURE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; SILK; SPIDERS;

ACHAEARANEA; ACHAEARANEA TEPIDARIORUM; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CHELICERATA; CUPIENNIUS; CUPIENNIUS SALEI; METAZOA;

EID: 42549094111     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20744     Document Type: Review

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