Spider glue's sticky secret revealed by new genetic research
- Written by Sarah Stellwagen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Spider glue is actually a specialized silk protein.Sarah Stellwagen, CC BY-NDWhat do all of the over 45,000 described spider species on Earth have in common? Each makes at least one type of silk. And there are an awful lot of types out there.
An individual orb weaving spider – the kind that spins the classic two-dimensional aerial spiral webs...
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