Fossil evidence for the origin of spider spinnerets, and a proposed arachnid order

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 52, 2008, Pages 20781-20785

  Selden, Paul A ^a,b   Shear, William A ^c   Sutton, Mark D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araneae; Chelicerata; Devonian; Paleozoic; Silk

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; ARTICLE; ATTERCOPUS FIMBRIUNGUIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOSSIL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIMULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILK; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; CHELICERATA; LIMULUS;

EID: 58549091081     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809174106     Document Type: Article

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