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Plasticity in Major Ampullate Silk Production in Relation to Spider Phylogeny and Ecology

Spider major ampullate silk is a high-performance biomaterial that has received much attention. However, most studies ignore plasticity in silk properties. A better understanding of silk plasticity could clarify the relative importance of chemical composition versus processing of silk dope for silk...

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Autores principales: Boutry, Cecilia, Řezáč, Milan, Blackledge, Todd Alan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21818328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022467