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Arachnids Secrete a Fluid over Their Adhesive Pads

BACKGROUND: 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, t...

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Auteurs principaux: Peattie, Anne M., Dirks, Jan-Henning, Henriques, Sérgio, Federle, Walter
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Public Library of Science 2011
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3102731/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21637774
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020485
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