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Urbanization effects are trait-specific and city-dependent across a widespread spider's global range

The paper examines how urbanization affects specific traits of the European garden spider across 22 cities, finding trait-specific and city-dependent responses.

Repeated Evolution of Sociality is Associated with Reduced Mutation Rates in Spiders

This study shows that sociality in spiders is linked to lower germline mutation rates, despite small population sizes and reduced selection pressure.

Exploring changes in social spider DNA methylation profiles when succumbing to infection in CpG, CHG, and CHH contexts

The paper examines DNA methylation changes in social spiders before and after infection, finding increased methylation in CpG, CHG, and CHH contexts but no clear immune-related patterns.

The genomic consequences and persistence of sociality in spiders

This study investigates the genomic consequences of sociality in spiders, finding that transitions to sociality lead to reduced effective population size and genomic diversity, potentially causing extinction.

The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution

The paper analyzes the house spider genome to identify an ancient whole-genome duplication shared by spiders and scorpions, distinct from horseshoe crab duplications.