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Polarimetry of Pinctada fucata nacre indicates myostracal layer interrupts nacre structure
The inner layer of many bivalve and gastropod molluscs consists of iridescent nacre, a material that is structured like a brick wall with bricks consisting of crystalline aragonite and mortar of organic molecules. Myostracal layers formed during shell growth at the point of muscle attachment to the...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367278/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28386442 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160893 |