Ancient gene gives spiders their narrow waist (IMAGE)

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Ancient gene gives spiders their narrow waist

Caption

A specimen of Aphonopelma hentzi next to her burrow during field collection of embryos. Comanche National Grassland, Colorado, USA.

Credit

E.V.W. Setton (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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