Joseph C. Spagna

Distributed mechanical feedback in arthropods and robots simplifies control of rapid running on challenging terrain

Joseph C. Spagna, Daniel I. Goldman, Pei‐Chun Lin et al. · Bioinspiration & Biomimetics · 2007 · 181 citations

Engineering, Biorobotics, Field Robotics +19

Phylogeny of entelegyne spiders: Affinities of the family Penestomidae (NEW RANK), generic phylogeny of Eresidae, and asymmetric rates of change in spinning organ evolution (Araneae, Araneoidea, Entelegynae)

Jeremy A. Miller, Anthea Carmichael, Martín J. Ramiréz et al. · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2010 · 110 citations

Biology, Terrestrial Arthropod, Morphological Evidence +8

The evolution of genome size in ants

Neil D. Tsutsui, Andrew V. Suarez, Joseph C. Spagna et al. · BMC Evolutionary Biology · 2008 · 94 citations · Full text

More data, fewer shifts: Molecular insights into the evolution of the spinning apparatus in non-orb-weaving spiders

Joseph C. Spagna, Rosemary G. Gillespie · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2007 · 59 citations

Biology, Natural Sciences, Entomology +5

Short and long range order of the morphology of silk from Latrodectus hesperus (Black Widow) as characterized by atomic force microscopy

S. A. C. Gould, Kim-Trang T. Tran, Joseph C. Spagna et al. · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · 1999 · 58 citations

Materials Science, Long Range Order, Atomic Force Microscopy +5