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Biological control of skeleton properties in echinoderms
Dubois, P. (1990). Biological control of skeleton properties in echinoderms, in: De Ridder, C. et al. (Ed.) Echinoderm Research. Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Echinoderms, Brussels, Belgium, 18-21 September 1989. pp. 17-22
In: De Ridder, C. et al. (1990). Echinoderm Research: Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Echinoderms, Brussels, Belgium, 18-21 September 1989. A.A. Balkema: Rotterdam, Brookfield. ISBN 90-6191-141-9. 343 pp., more

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    Echinoderms have a high-magnesium calcite skeleton whose cristallographic, chemical, and morphological properties make it different from abiotic calcites. The available data show that the single crystal behaviour, the conchoidal fracture properties, the high-magnesium content, and the stereom structure could be partly explained by the properties of the organic macromolecules associated with the mineral phase. Data suggest that these compounds could produce the stereom properties through stereochemical interactions with calcite.

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