Egg Case Silk Gene Sequences from Argiope Spiders: Evidence for Multiple Loci and a Loss of Function Between Paralogs

Egg Case Silk Gene Sequences from Argiope Spiders: Evidence for Multiple Loci and a Loss of Function Between Paralogs

Spiders swath their eggs with silk to protect developing embryos and hatchlings. Egg case silks, like other fibrous spider silks, are primarily composed of proteins called spidroins (spidroin = spider-fibroin). Silks, and thus spidroins, are important throughout the lives of spiders, yet the evoluti...

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Main Authors: R. Crystal Chaw, Matthew Collin, Marjorie Wimmer, Kara-Leigh Helmrick, Cheryl Y. Hayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018-01-01
Series:G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
Subjects:
evolution
gene family
spider silk
tubuliform spidroin
TuSp1
Online Access:http://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.117.300283

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