Insect DNA extracted, sequenced from black widow spider web

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists extracted DNA from spider webs to identify the web's spider architect and the prey that crossed it, according to this proof-of-concept study published November 25, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Charles C. Y. Xu from the University of Notre Dame and colleagues.

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