Egg sac silk of Theridiosoma gemmosum (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1269-1283

  Hajer, Jaromír ^a   Malý, Jan ^a   Hrubá, Lenka ^b   Řeháková, Dana ^a  

^a J E PURKINJE UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cocoon; Silk ultrastructure; Spiders; Theridiosomatidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK; SPIDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVUM; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; THERIDIOSOMA GEMMOSUM; THERIDIOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 70349608570     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10757     Document Type: Article

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