SCIENTISTS published the first spider genome last week, helping the quest to uncover secrets which could lead to smarter insecticides and man-made super-strong spider silk.
Bio-researchers led by Trine Bilde at Denmark’s Aarhus University unravelled the DNA sequence of the tarantula and the African social velvet spider, each representing the two main groups of spiders.
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