Relation between the Macroscopic Pattern of Elephant Ivory and Its Three-Dimensional Micro-Tubular Network

Macroscopic, periodic, dark and bright patterns are observed on sections of elephant tusk, in the dentin part (ivory). The motifs—also called Schreger pattern—vary depending on the orientation in the tusk: on sections perpendicular to the tusk axis, a checkerboard pattern is present whereas on secti...

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Autores principales: Albéric, Marie, Dean, Mason N., Gourrier, Aurélien, Wagermaier, Wolfgang, Dunlop, John W. C., Staude, Andreas, Fratzl, Peter, Reiche, Ina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5268646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28125603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166671

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5268646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28125603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166671

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