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Attaching organic fibers to mineral: The case of the avian eggshell

Bird eggs possess a mineralized eggshell with a soft underlying fibrous membrane. These dissimilar material layers successfully evolved a structural attachment to each other as a conserved avian reproduction strategy essential to avian embryonic development, growth, and hatching of the chick. To und...

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Autores principales: Buss, Daniel J., Reznikov, Natalie, McKee, Marc D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10687338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38034363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108425