Day: February 23, 2022
Act of ‘Heresy’ Adds Horseshoe Crabs to Arachnid Family Tree
iBio’s Sharma Lab (in collaboration with six other labs) challenges a well-established scenario of how arachnids colonized land, suggesting instead that the group underwent multiple land colonizations.
How Does a Spider Weave Its Web?
Ever wondered how exactly a spider spins its web? So has Emily Setton of iBio’s Sharma Lab. She seeks this answer by collecting eggs from female Texas brown tarantulas, looking deep into there genes.