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Binford, G.J. Bodner, M.R. Cordes, M.H.J. Baldwin, K.L. Rynerson, M.R. Burns, S.N. & Zobel-Thropp, P. A. 2009. Molecular evolution, functional variation and proposed nomenclature of the gene family that includes sphingomyelinase D in sicariid spider venoms. Mol. Biol. Evol. 26(3):547–566
Binford, G.J., Callahan, M.S., Bodner, M.R., Rynerson, M.R., Berea Núñez, P., Ellison, C.E., Duncan, R.P. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of Loxosceles and Sicarius spiders are consistent with Western Gondwanan vicariance. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 49:538-553
Duncan, R.P., Autumn, K., Binford, G.J. 2007. Convergent setal morphology in sand covering spiders suggests a design principle for particle capture. Proc. R. Soc. B. 274(1629):3049-3056
Cordes, M.H.J. and Binford G.J. 2006. Lateral gene transfer of a dermonecrotic toxin between spiders and bacteria. Bioinformatics 22(3):264-268
Binford G.J., Cordes, MHJ, Wells, MA 2005. Sphingomyelinase D from venoms of Loxosceles spiders: evolutionary insights from gene sequence and structure. Toxicon 45:547-560
Binford G.J. Wells, MA 2003. The phylogenetic distribution of sphingomylinase D activity in venoms of Haplogyne spiders. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 135:25-33
Binford, G.J. 2001. Differences in venom composition between orb-weaving and wandering Hawaiian Tetragnatha (Araneae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 74:581-595
Binford, G.J. 2001. An analysis of geographic and intersexual chemical variation in venoms of the spider Tegenaria agrestis (Agelenidae). Toxicon 39:955-968
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Principle Investigator
Greta Binford
The Binford Spider Lab
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219