Calcium phosphate mineralization is widely applied in crustacean mandibles

Crustaceans, like most mineralized invertebrates, adopted calcium carbonate mineralization for bulk skeleton reinforcement. Here, we show that a major part of the crustacean class Malacostraca (which includes lobsters, crayfishes, prawns and shrimps) shifted toward the formation of calcium phosphate...

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Main Authors: Bentov, Shmuel, Aflalo, Eliahu D., Tynyakov, Jenny, Glazer, Lilah, Sagi, Amir
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4764981/