Symbiophagy and biomineralization in the “living fossil” Astrosclera willeyana

Representatives of all major metazoan lineages form biominerals. The molecular mechanisms that underlie this widespread and evolutionarily ancient ability are gradually being revealed for some lineages. However, until a wider range of metazoan biomineralization strategies are understood, the true di...

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Main Authors: Jackson, Daniel J, Wörheide, Gert
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Landes Bioscience 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077880/