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Beinentwicklung und Gliedmaßen-Evolution bei Spinnen

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The amazing biology of arthropods, their diversity in lifestyle and behaviour, is largely based on evolutionary adaptations of their appendages. Our studies on spiders provide insight into the evolution of this diversity of appendage morphology and also answer the question why spiders have (only) eight legs.

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  1. Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institut und Göttinger Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    Matthias Pechmann, Sara Khadjeh, Natascha Turetzek & Nikola-Michael Prpic

  2. Göttinger Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften, Ernst-Caspari-Haus, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie, Abteilung für Entwicklungsbiologie, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany

    Nikola-Michael Prpic

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Matthias Pechmann, Sara Khadjeh, Natascha Turetzek und Nikola-Michael Prpic (v. l. n. r.)

Das Team um Nikola-Michael Prpic forscht am Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institut der Universität Göttingen und teilt eine gemeinsame Faszination für die Biologie und Vielfalt der Arthropoden. Die Autoren erforschen die Entwicklung und Evolution von Spinnen mit einem Schwerpunkt auf den genetischen Grundlagen der Veränderung der Gliedmaßenmorphologie. Ziel ist es, einen Einblick in die Prinzipien der morphologischen Evolution und deren Bedeutung für ökologische und verhaltensbiologische Anpassungen und Artbildung zu bekommen.

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Pechmann, M., Khadjeh, S., Turetzek, N. et al. Beinentwicklung und Gliedmaßen-Evolution bei Spinnen. Biospektrum 18, 365–368 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-012-0192-x

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