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New functional insights into the internal architecture of the laminated anchor spicules of Euplectel...

New functional insights into the internal architecture of the laminated anchor spicules of Euplectel...

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New functional insights into the internal architecture of the laminated anchor spicules of Euplectella aspergillum

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New functional insights into the internal architecture of the laminated anchor spicules of Euplectella aspergillum

Publisher

United States: National Academy of Sciences

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2015-04, Vol.112 (16), p.4976-4981

Language

English

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

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Contents

To adapt to a wide range of physically demanding environmental conditions, biological systems have evolved a diverse variety of robust skeletal architectures. One such example, Euplectella aspergillum , is a sediment-dwelling marine sponge that is anchored into the sea floor by a flexible holdfast apparatus consisting of thousands of anchor spicule...

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New functional insights into the internal architecture of the laminated anchor spicules of Euplectella aspergillum

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TN_cdi_pnas_primary_112_16_4976

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pnas_primary_112_16_4976

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ISSN

0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1415502112

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