Design strategies of sea urchin teeth : Structure, composition and micromechanical relations to function

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1352, 1997, Pages 469-480

  Wang, R Z ^a   Addadi, L ^a   Weiner, S ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 0031589931     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0034     Document Type: Article

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