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Publisher DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020485
https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/5713
Publisher DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020485
Arachnids secrete a fluid over their adhesive pads
Authors: | Peattie, Anne M Dirks, Jan-Henning Henriques, Sérgio Federle, Walter |
Editors: | Moreau, Corrie S. | Abstract: | Many arachnids possess adhesive pads on their feet that help them climb smooth surfaces and capture prey. Spider and gecko adhesives have converged on a branched, hairy structure, which theoretically allows them to adhere solely by dry (solid-solid) intermolecular interactions. Indeed, the consensus in the literature is that spiders and their smooth-padded relatives, the solifugids, adhere without the aid of a secretion. |
Issue Date: | 2011 | Publisher: | Public Library of Science | Journal/Edited collection: | PloS one | Start page: | 1 | End page: | 6 | Note: | 5 | Volume: | 6 | Type: | Artikel/Aufsatz | ISSN: | 1932-6203 | Secondary publication: | no | Institution: | Hochschule Bremen | Faculty: | Hochschule Bremen - Fakultät 5: Natur und Technik |
Appears in Collections: | Bibliographie HS Bremen |
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