Study Uncovers Unique Hagfish Trait: Make Bigger Cells to Produce Bigger Slime Threads
Fishermen realize hagfish, more commonly known as slime eels, are profitable to catch: Buyers sell them as a delicacy, particularly to Korean markets, or for their skin, to make ultra-soft leather products. The Navy and other researchers study their slime -- particularly, the threads that form the basis for the slime -- for value in defense uses.
Regardless of the reason for their popularity, one of the keys to hagfishes' unique slime-producing effort is the thread that helps produce all that gooey stuff. Now, researchers have ...
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