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Free-standing spider silk webs of the thomisid Saccodomus formivorus are made of composites comprising micro- and submicron fibers

Our understanding of the extraordinary mechanical and physico-chemical properties of spider silk is largely confined to the fibers produced by orb-weaving spiders, despite the diversity of foraging webs that occur across numerous spider families. Crab spiders (Thomisidae) are described as ambush pre...

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Autores principales: Haynl, Christian, Vongsvivut, Jitraporn, Mayer, Kai R. H., Bargel, Hendrik, Neubauer, Vanessa J., Tobin, Mark J., Elgar, Mark A., Scheibel, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7572385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33077827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74469-z