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Afrah Hassan1, Grace Blakeley2, Alistair P McGregor3

  • 1Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland.

Scientific reports
|July 4, 2024
PubMed
概括

这项研究详细介绍了帕拉斯塔托达 (Parasteatoda tepidariorum) 蜘蛛毒腺体的胚胎发育情况. 我们确定了关键的基因标记物,并追踪了从胚胎到成年人的毒液装置形成,为毒液系统进化提供了洞察力.

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