Changes in the material properties of spider glue droplet proteins accompanied shifts in prey capture biomechanics as cobweb spiders diverged from their orb weaving ancestors

Although descended from orb weavers, spiders in the family Theridiidae spin cobwebs whose sticky prey capture gumfoot lines extend from a silk tangle to a surface below. When a crawling insect contacts glue droplets at the bottom of a gumfoot line, the line's weak pyriform anchor releases, caus...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta biomaterialia 2024-07, Vol.183, p.191-200
Hauptverfasser:	Opell, Brent D., Kelly, Sean D., Morris, Sarah A., Correa-Garhwal, Sandra M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bioadhesive Gumfoot line Material properties Soft matter Theridiidae
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