On biomineralization:
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Main Author: Lowenstam, Heinz A., (Heinz Adolf) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 1989
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-308) and index
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 MINERALS AND MACROMOLECULES; CHAPTER 3 BIOMINERALIZATION PROCESSES; CHAPTER 4 PROTOCTISTA; CHAPTER 5 CNIDARIA; CHAPTER 6 MOLLUSCA; CHAPTER 7 ARTHROPODA; CHAPTER 8 ECHINODERMATA; CHAPTER 9 CHORDATA; CHAPTER 10 SOME NONSKELETAL FUNCTIONS IN BIOMINERALIZATION; CHAPTER 11 ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON BIOMINERALIZATION; CHAPTER 12 EVOLUTION OF BIOMINERALIZATION; REFERENCES; INDEX.
This work addresses the question of why minerals form in a large variety of organisms, from bacteria to man. The authors discuss the basic principles of mineral formation by organisms, and compare the various mineralization processes
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 324 p.)
ISBN:0195049772
1280440007
1423736176
1601296606
9780195049770
9781280440007
9781423736172
9781601296603

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