Changes in the adhesive properties of spider aggregate glue during the evolution of cobwebs

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sahni, Vasav ^a   Blackledge, Todd A ^b   Dhinojwala, Ali ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; SILK;

ADAPTATION; ADHESION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; SPIDER; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ELASTIC MODULUS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MATERIALS TESTING; SILK; SPIDERS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84860109547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00041     Document Type: Article

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