Silk secretion from tarantula feet revisited: Alleged spigots are probably chemoreceptors

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1084-1089

  Foelix, Rainer F ^a   Rast, Bastian ^a   Peattie, Anne M ^b  

^a Neue Kantonsschule Aarau   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Chemoreceptor; Silk; Spider; Spigot; Tarantula

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SECRETION; SILK; SPIDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; EXTREMITIES; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; TARANTULA; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 84858625884     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.066811     Document Type: Article

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