The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution and the origins of modern biodiversity

MJ Benton, P Wilf, H Sauquet - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity today has the unusual property that 85% of plant and animal species live on
land rather than in the sea, and half of these live in tropical rainforests. An explosive boost to …

The biology and evolution of spider venoms

T Lüddecke, V Herzig, BM Von Reumont… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Spiders are diverse, predatory arthropods that have inhabited Earth for around 400 million
years. They are well known for their complex venom systems that are used to overpower …

Evolutionary history of the Hymenoptera

RS Peters, L Krogmann, C Mayer, A Donath, S Gunkel… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Summary Hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants, and bees) are one of four mega-diverse
insect orders, comprising more than 153,000 described and possibly up to one million …

The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target‐gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling

WC Wheeler, JA Coddington, LM Crowley… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present a phylogenetic analysis of spiders using a dataset of 932 spider species,
representing 115 families (only the family Synaphridae is unrepresented), 700 known …

Modeling and design of heterogeneous hierarchical bioinspired spider web structures using deep learning and additive manufacturing

W Lu, NA Lee, MJ Buehler - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Spider webs are incredible biological structures, comprising thin but strong silk filament and
arranged into complex hierarchical architectures with striking mechanical properties (eg …

Phylogenomics, diversification dynamics, and comparative transcriptomics across the spider tree of life

R Fernández, RJ Kallal, D Dimitrov, JA Ballesteros… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Dating back to almost 400 mya, spiders are among the most diverse terrestrial predators [1].
However, despite considerable effort [1–9], their phylogenetic relationships and …

Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data

V Opatova, CA Hamilton, M Hedin… - Systematic …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The infraorder Mygalomorphae is one of the three main lineages of spiders comprising over
3000 nominal species. This ancient group has a worldwide distribution that includes among …

Generative modeling, design, and analysis of spider silk protein sequences for enhanced mechanical properties

W Lu, DL Kaplan, MJ Buehler - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Spider silks are remarkable materials characterized by superb mechanical properties such
as strength, extensibility, and lightweightedness. Yet, to date, limited models are available to …

Converging on the orb: denser taxon sampling elucidates spider phylogeny and new analytical methods support repeated evolution of the orb web

RJ Kallal, SS Kulkarni, D Dimitrov, LR Benavides… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
High throughput sequencing and phylogenomic analyses focusing on relationships among
spiders have both reinforced and upturned long‐standing hypotheses. Likewise, the …

Expanding anchored hybrid enrichment to resolve both deep and shallow relationships within the spider tree of life

CA Hamilton, AR Lemmon, EM Lemmon… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2016 - Springer
Background Despite considerable effort, progress in spider molecular systematics has
lagged behind many other comparable arthropod groups, thereby hindering family-level …