Publication Date:
2014-05-08
Description:
Article Spiders use self-produced venom and silk for their daily survival. Here, the authors report the assembled genome of the social velvet spider and a draft assembly of the tarantula genome and, together with proteomic data, provide insights into the evolution of genes that affect venom and silk production. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms4765 Authors: Kristian W. Sanggaard, Jesper S. Bechsgaard, Xiaodong Fang, Jinjie Duan, Thomas F. Dyrlund, Vikas Gupta, Xuanting Jiang, Ling Cheng, Dingding Fan, Yue Feng, Lijuan Han, Zhiyong Huang, Zongze Wu, Li Liao, Virginia Settepani, Ida B. Thøgersen, Bram Vanthournout, Tobias Wang, Yabing Zhu, Peter Funch, Jan J. Enghild, Leif Schauser, Stig U. Andersen, Palle Villesen, Mikkel H Schierup, Trine Bilde, Jun Wang
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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