Web weaving skills provide clues to aging, spider study reveals

Friday, July 1, 2011 - 20:30 in Biology & Nature

Young house spiders weave webs with perfect angles and regular patterns, but as they reach old age their webs deteriorate, showing gaping holes and erratic weaving. By using spiders as a simple model, new research may provide insight into how age affects behavior in other organisms, including humans.

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