Function of calcium phosphate renal concrements in extant Nautilus: a paradigm for Cambrian-relict short-term mineral reserve equivalent to vertebrate bone
| Autor: | Rebecca B. Chamberlain, Peter Ward, Gregory J. Barord, Anthony S. Ilano, Eric Catlin, John A. Chamberlain |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Calcium metabolism
Calcium Phosphates Minerals Mineral biology Hydrostatic pressure chemistry.chemical_element Vertebrate Calcium Bone canaliculus biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Bone and Bones Paleontology Calcification Physiologic chemistry biology.animal medicine Animals Nautilus Animal Science and Zoology Calcification |
| Zdroj: | Zoology (Jena, Germany). 117(3) |
| ISSN: | 1873-2720 |
| Popis: | Renal uroliths (concrements) of calcium phosphate have long been known to exist in both growing and mature (non-growing) Nautilus specimens, but to date no evidence-based explanation for their existence has been available. The currently favored speculation is that they function as a calcium reserve for shell and septal calcification. Here we present new observational and experimental data that are consistent with the hypothesis that they serve as a mineral/ion reserve, allowing short-term ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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