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Fig. 5. Mean (±S.E.M.) material properties
of L. hesperus silk from the sheet/supporting thread region (SH/SSt)
of webs (N=54), gumfooted capture threads (GF; N=47), and
single strands of major ampullate silk forcibly pulled from spinnerets of
anesthetized spiders (FS; N=52). Horizontal bars denote significant
pairwise differences between means using post hoc Tukey's HSD tests
for unequal sample sizes. (A) Young's modulus; (B) yield strain; (C)
extensibility; (D) ultimate strength; and (E) toughness.
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