Cite as: Cold Spring Harb. Protoc.; 2008; doi:10.1101/pdb.emo103

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The American Wandering Spider Cupiennius salei

Nikola-Michael Prpic1,2, Michael Schoppmeier1,3, and Wim G.M. Damen1,4

1Institute for Genetics, Evolutionary Genetics, University of Cologne, 50674 Köln, Germany

2 Present address: Georg-August-Universität, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie, Abteilung Entwicklungsbiologie, GZMB, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany

3 Present address: Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen, Institute for Biology, Department of Developmental Biology, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany

4Corresponding author (damen{at}uni-koeln.de)


INTRODUCTION

The spider Cupiennius salei is a useful laboratory model for embryological and physiological studies. Its highly developed sensory organs also make it an excellent model for behavioral studies. Furthermore, Cupiennius has contributed greatly to the study of evolutionary developmental questions. This chelicerate arthropod is particularly useful for such studies because of its phylogenetic position and the availability of tools to study and manipulate its embryonic development.


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