[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292374.].
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11698360 | PMC |
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0317143 | PLOS |
Evolution
November 2024
Department Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Reciprocal selection between extended and somatic phenotypes is an active area of investigation. Recent research on the influence of web building on somatic evolution in spiders has produced conflicting results, with some finding no effect of web use on somatic evolution and others showing significant effects. These studies differed in focus, with the former surveying general anatomical traits and the latter concentrating on somatic systems with significant functional roles in prey capture.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSci Total Environ
December 2024
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, Key Laboratory of Tropical Animal and Plant Ecology of Hainan Province, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China. Electronic address:
Zoology (Jena)
November 2024
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Faculty of Biology, Biocenter, Munich, Germany; Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Bavarian Natural History Collections, Munich, Germany; GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Chelicerae, the mouthparts of chelicerates, are essential for food processing. Particularly within harvestmen (Opiliones), some species have greatly elongated their tripartite chelicerae and utilize them for mating behavior, defense, and primarily for predation. We investigated two European species, Ischyropsalis muellneri and Ischyropsalis hellwigii, which occupy different niches (caves, forests), exhibit different feeding ecologies (opportunist, specialist), and first and foremost possess different chelicerae morphologies (long and thin, short and robust).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!