Business

Diversification (marketing strategy)

Phylogenetic tree

Evolutionary biology

Biology

Phylogenetics

Gene

Marketing

Ecology

Lineage (genetic)

Spider

Clade

Phylogenomics

Genetics

Current Biology

Fernández et al. use a synergistic approach to study spider evolution through phylogenomics, comparative transcriptomics, and lineage diversification analyses. The “ancient orb web” hypothesis was rejected. Loss of foraging webs was not strongly associated to spider diversification. Notable genomic differences were found between main spider clades.

Phylogenomics, Diversification Dynamics, and Comparative Transcriptomics across the Spider Tree of Life