Brunetta, Leslie, 1960-

Spider silk : evolution and 400 million years of spinning, waiting, snagging, and mating / Leslie Brunetta, Catherine L. Craig. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010. - xvi, 229 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index.

A timeline of the spider fossil record -- Fossils -- Living fossils -- Chance and change -- Outward and upward -- Triumph over thin air -- Small changes, big benefits -- Spinning, running, jumping, swimming -- Going vertical -- Links -- Now you see it, now you don't -- Beyond "perfect" -- Endless forms.

9780300149227 (alk. paper) 0300149220 (alk. paper)

2009047224

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015542001 Uk


Spider webs.
Spiders--Anatomy.
Spiders, Fossil.
Spiders--Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)

QL459 / .B78 2010

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