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From: Shifts in morphology, gene expression, and selection underlie web loss in Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders

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Scanning Electron Microscopy Images of the posterior lateral spinnerets. Web builders (7) shown on the left: a Tetragnatha acuta, b T. trituberculata, c T. hawaiensis, d T. eurychasma (photos taken with protocol used in 1990), e T. sp. “Little wave”, f T. stelarobusta, and g T. sp. “Long-clawed legs” (photos taken with protocol used in 2016). Spiny Leg clade (6) on the right: h T. kauaiensis, i T. quasimodo, j T. macracantha (photos taken with protocol used in 2016); and k and l T. waikamoi (2 individuals) and m T. quasimodo (photos taken with protocol used in 1990). Yellow arrows: tubuliform spigots; blue arrows: flagelliform spigots; green arrows: aggregate spigots. Unlabelled spigots are aciniform

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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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