Sentences with phrase «draglines which»
Webless wandering species such as the hunting spider (Pisaura mirabilis) often depend on so - called draglines which hang, for example, from branches.
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Researchers had already identified two genes for the class of silk known as major ampullate, which forms the superstrong dragline threads that anchor webs and are the inspiration for a major effort to make spider silk commercially (see p. 293).
By varying the conditions under which the spiders were kept (different reeling speeds, starvation periods), the species or the spiders inside the same species, it has been seen that dragline silk has different mechanical properties and varies on an interspecific, intraspecific and intra-individual level [23].
The parking brake dragline will slightly increase in length due to the continuous usage as it is made of metal wires which may stretch.
It's on the shore of Lake Michigan and was once the headquarters of Bucyrus International, which was known for constructing large shovels and dragline excavators, including Big Muskie, the world's largest mobile earth - moving machine.