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Morphological adaptation of the calamistrum to the cribellate spinning process in Deinopoidae (Uloboridae, Deinopidae)

Spiders are famous for their silk with fascinating mechanical properties. However, some can further produce, process and handle nano fibres, which are used as capture threads. These ‘cribellate spiders’ bear a specialized setae comb on their metatarsus (calamistrum), which modifies cribellate nano f...

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Autores principales: Joel, Anna-Christin, Scholz, Ingo, Orth, Linda, Kappel, Peter, Baumgartner, Werner
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26998332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150617