Tarantulas produce silk from their feet
Discovery could have implications for evolutionary origin of spider silk
Irvine, Calif., September 27, 2006
Researchers have found for the first time that tarantulas can produce silk from their feet as well as their spinnerets, a discovery with profound implications for why spiders began to spin silk in the first place.
Adam Summers, a UC Irvine assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was among the team of....
Irvine, Calif., September 27, 2006
Researchers have found for the first time that tarantulas can produce silk from their feet as well as their spinnerets, a discovery with profound implications for why spiders began to spin silk in the first place.
Adam Summers, a UC Irvine assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was among the team of....