Small behavioral adaptations enable more effective prey capture by producing 3D-structured spider threads

Spiders are known for producing specialized fibers. The radial orb-web, for example, contains tough silk used for the web frame and the capture spiral consists of elastic silk, able to stretch when prey impacts the web. In concert, silk proteins and web geometry affects the spider’s ability to captu...

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Autores principales: Grannemann, Caroline C. F., Meyer, Marco, Reinhardt, Marian, Ramírez, Martín J., Herberstein, Marie E., Joel, Anna-Christin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6872738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31754208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53764-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6872738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31754208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53764-4

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