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Body wall structure in the starfish Asterias rubens

The body wall of starfish is composed of magnesium calcite ossicles connected by collagenous tissue and muscles and it exhibits remarkable variability in stiffness, which is attributed to the mechanical mutability of the collagenous component. Using the common European starfish Asterias rubens as an...

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Autores principales: Blowes, Liisa M., Egertová, Michaela, Liu, Yankai, Davis, Graham R., Terrill, Nick J., Gupta, Himadri S., Elphick, Maurice R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5554833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28714118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.12646