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MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 405-417Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927608080859
Keywords
pearl growth; biomineralization; nacre; prisms; calcite; aragonite; microstructure
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- French ANR [ANR-06-BLAN-0233]
- ESRF [EC208]
- ESF-EuroCores EuroMinScI BioCalc
- BBSRC [BB/E003265/1]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-06-BLAN-0233] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
- BBSRC [BB/E003265/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/E003265/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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A series of Polynesian pearls has been investigated with particular attention to the structural and compositional patterns of the early developmental stages of the pearl layer. These initial steps in pearl formation bear witness of the metabolic changes that have occurred during the pearl-sac formation. The resulting structurally and biochemically complex structures have been investigated using a variety of techniques that provide LIS with information concerning both mineral phases and the organic components. Results are discussed with respect to our understanding of the biomineralization mechanisms, as well as for the grafting process.
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