Embryonic development and staging of the cobweb spider Parasteatoda tepidariorumC. L. Koch, 1841 (syn.: Achaearanea tepidariorum; Araneomorphae; Theridiidae)

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 189-216

  Mittmann, Beate ^a,b   Wolff, Carsten ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cupiennius salei; Embryogenesis; Embryonic development; Morphogenesis; Parasteatoda Achaearanea tepidariorum; Staging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIVISION; CHELICERATE; CHELICERATE SALEI; COCOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FEMALE; LIMB BUD; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PARASTEATODA TEPIDARIORUM; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTREMITIES; SPIDERS;

ACHAEARANEA TEPIDARIORUM; ARANEAE; ARANEOMORPHAE; CHELICERATA; CUPIENNIUS SALEI; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 84865121101     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: 1432041X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-012-0401-0     Document Type: Article

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