Breaking the long-standing morphological paradigm: Individual prisms in the pearl oyster shell grow perpendicular to the c-axis of calcite.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2019.01.004
Abstract: Cross-sections of calcitic prismatic layers in mollusk shells, cut perpendicular to growth direction, reveal well-defined polygonal shapes of individual "grains" clearly visible by light and electron microscopy. For several kinds of shells, it was shown… read more here.
Keywords: grow perpendicular; axis calcite; perpendicular axis; pearl oyster ... See more keywords