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    Gene content evolution in the arthropods

    Arthropods comprise the largest and most diverse phylum on Earth and play vital roles in nearly every ecosystem. Their diversity stems in part from variations on a conserved body plan, resulting from and recor...

    Gregg W. C. Thomas, Elias Dohmen, Daniel S. T. Hughes, Shwetha C. Murali in Genome Biology (2020)

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    Biogeography of the Caribbean Cyrtognatha spiders

    Island systems provide excellent arenas to test evolutionary hypotheses pertaining to gene flow and diversification of dispersal-limited organisms. Here we focus on an orbweaver spider genus Cyrtognatha (Tetragna...

    Klemen Čandek, Ingi Agnarsson, Greta J. Binford, Matjaž Kuntner in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Evolutionary dynamics of origin and loss in the deep history of phospholipase D toxin genes

    Venom-expressed sphingomyelinase D/phospholipase D (SMase D/PLD) enzymes evolved from the ubiquitous glycerophosphoryl diester phosphodiesterases (GDPD). Expression of GDPD-like SMaseD/PLD toxins in both arach...

    Matthew H. J. Cordes, Greta J. Binford in BMC Evolutionary Biology (2018)

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    Foraging behavior of the communal spider,Philoponella republicana (Araneae: Uloboridae)

    The communal orb-weaving spider, Philoponella republicana,was observed in the subtropical moist forest of Southeast Peru. These spiders live in colonies of conspecifics whose individual orbs are connected by sil...

    Greta J. Binford, Ann L. Rypstra in Journal of Insect Behavior (1992)