Skeletal biomineralization : patterns, processes, and evolutionary trends
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Skeletal biomineralization : patterns, processes, and evolutionary trends
Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1990
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- v. 2 : Atlas and index
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注記
Bibliography: v. 1, p. 673-797
Includes index
内容説明・目次
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v. 1 ISBN 9780442006204
内容説明
This reference work offers a complete review and synthesis of existing data, as well as recently published research on the patterns, processes, and evolutionary trends of biomineralization througout the animal kingdon.
目次
Biomineralization mechanisms. Biomechanics of mineralized skeletons. Calcium carbonate spicules in the invertebrates. Calcium phosphate structures in invertebrates. Calcium phosphate structures in invertebrates and protozoans. Corals and coralline sponges. Biomineralization in the lophophorates. Arthropod exoskeletons. Cephalopod shell structure and general mechanisms of shell formation. Shell structure of the gastropoda excluding archaeogastropoda. Evolutionary significances of shell microstructure in palaeotaxodonta, pteriomorphia and isofilibranchia (bivalvia: mollusca). Shell microstructural data for the bivalvia. Biomineralization in echinoderms. Conodont apatite: structure and geochemistry. Protochordate biomineralization. Microstructure and mineralization of vertebrate skeletal tissues. Vertebrate dental structures. Oxygen and carbon isotopes: utility for environmental interpretation of recent and fossil invertebrate skeletons. The "vital effect" on skeletal trace element content as exemplified by magnesium. Examples of the ontogenetic approach to skeletal composition. Amino acid racemization: applications in chemical taxonomy and chronostratigraphy of quaternary fossils. Glossary of skeletal biomineralization. Bibliography of skeletal biomineralization. Addendum to bibliography. Index to bibliography. Index.
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v. 2 : Atlas and index ISBN 9780442006662
内容説明
This book should be of interest to teachers, students and researchers in paleontology, biology, evolutionary biology, zoology and cell biology.
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