Autor: |
Cuif, Jean-Pierre, Medjoubi, Kadda, Somogyi, Andrea, Dauphin, Yannicke, Bazin, Dominique |
Jazyk: |
English<br />French |
Rok vydání: |
2021 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Comptes Rendus. Chimie, Vol 25, Iss S1, Pp 577-595 (2021) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1878-1543 |
DOI: |
10.5802/crchim.125 |
Popis: |
The calcareous skeletons built by invertebrate organisms share a paradoxical property. Although growing outside the mineralizing cell layers the crystal-like skeleton units exhibit morphologies and three-dimensional arrangements that imply an efficient link between crystallization process and taxonomy. Almost two centuries of investigation led to a series of developmental models in which biological and physical or chemical influences are variously balanced. Recent innovative methods allow for their re-examination. From control of the overall shape of the shell to photo-spectroscopic evidence at the atomic level, influence of the biological processes on mineral properties may be a widely shared specificity of the calcareous biomineralization mechanism. |
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