Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb Spider

Ingi Agnarsson; Matjaž Kuntner; Todd A. Blackledge

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011234

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Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb Spider

Ingi Agnarsson ,

* E-mail: iagnarsson@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America, Institute of Biology, Scientific Research Centre, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Department of Biology and Integrated Bioscience Program, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America
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Matjaž Kuntner,

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Scientific Research Centre, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Todd A. Blackledge

Affiliation Department of Biology and Integrated Bioscience Program, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America
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Bioprospecting Finds the Toughest Biological Material: Extraordinary Silk from a Giant Riverine Orb Spider

Ingi Agnarsson,
Matjaž Kuntner,
Todd A. Blackledge

Published: September 16, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011234

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