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Volume 26, Number 18
19 September 2007

pp 4053-4176

Araneus diadematus web � The evolution of life has created astonishingly perfect designs, yet also allows for a controlled level of error, symbolised by this nearly perfect, but not flawless spider�s web. Having studied the genetics of mucopolysaccharidosis and retinitis pigmentosa in the past, the current interests of the photographer, Raf Vervoort, focus on inner ear defects in the mouse.

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