Synthetic Spider Silk Production: Sustainable Biofactories for the Future

Sharvaricmi11 Oct, 2021Other

Silk is produced by all spiders, and even non-web-building spiders use it for courting and mating. Webs and draglines offer a substrate for female sex pheromones, while silk generated by females serves as a transmission route for male vibratory courting signals. Male spiders generating silk during sexual encounters have also been observed in phylogenetically diverse species.