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On biomineralization /

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Focusing on the basic principles of mineral formation by organisms, this comprehensive volume explores questions that relate to a wide variety of fields, from biology and biochemistry, to paleontology, geology, and medical research. Preserved fossils are used to date geological deposits and archaeol...

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Main Authors: Lowenstam, Heinz A. (Heinz Adolf), 1912-1993 (Author), Weiner, Stephen, 1948- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Biomineralization.
Minéralisation (Biologie)
Biomineralization
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Table of Contents:
  • 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