Spider silk aging: Initial improvement in a high performance material followed by slow degradation

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 494-504

  Agnarsson, Ingi ^a,b   Boutry, Cecilia ^a   Blackledge, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; SILK; SPIDER; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; SILK; SPIDERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

ARANEAE; BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 53549114199     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.480     Document Type: Article

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