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AY 2010
#10 | The mechanisms shellfish and pearls use to create their “skeletons”
AY 2010
#10 | The mechanisms shellfish and pearls use to create their “skeletons”
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Invertebrates possess hard shells and this is what determines their body shape. Shellfish as elastic animals have shells in order to protect their molluscous soft bodies from predators. In this lecture we will consider the mechanism for the formation of these skeletal structures.
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Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences
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