GeneticsPLoS ONEPeer-reviewed
The common house spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum, maintains silk gene expression on sub-optimal diet
Jeremy A. Miller, Jannelle Vienneau-Hathaway, Enkhbileg Dendev…·Nadia A. Ayoub
The study examines how diet affects silk gene expression in house spiders, finding that low-energy diets reduce minor ampullate spidroin transcripts but not dragline or major ampullate spidroins.