Adhesive compatibility of cribellar and viscous prey capture threads and its implication for the evolution of orb-weaving spiders

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 315 A, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 376-384

  Opell, Brent D ^a   Tran, Andrew M ^a   Karinshak, Shannon E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK; SPIDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SILK; SPIDERS; VISCOSITY;

ARANEAE; ARANEOIDEA; ARANEUS MARMOREUS; ARGIOPE AURANTIA; DEINOPOIDEA;

EID: 79958128090     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.684     Document Type: Article

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