Comparative morphology refines the conventional model of spider reproduction

• Yongjia Zhan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yongjia Zhan, He Jiang

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China

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• He Jiang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yongjia Zhan, He Jiang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China

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• Qingqing Wu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Lang Yue Campus of Beijing 12th High School, Beijing, P. R. China

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• Huitao Zhang,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Imaging Technology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China

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• Zishang Bai,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation College of Life Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

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• Matjaž Kuntner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Evolutionary Zoology Laboratory, Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Evolutionary Zoology Laboratory, Biological Institute ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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• Lihong Tu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tulh@cnu.edu.cn

  Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8932-9413

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