Published in Int J Biol Macromol on August 17, 1999
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Optimal area use in orb webs of the spider Araneus diadematus. Naturwissenschaften (2000) 0.77
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Sex-ratio adjustment in solitary and social spiders. Trends Ecol Evol (1992) 0.76
Hexagonal columnar liquid crystal in the cells secreting spider silk. Tissue Cell (1999) 0.75
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