Hypermineralized whale rostrum as the exemplar for bone mineral

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 167-175

  Li, Zhen ^a   Pasteris, Jill D ^a   Novack, Deborah ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apatite; Bone mineral; Histology; Raman spectroscopy; Rostrum; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CARBONIC ACID; COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE BLOOD FLOW; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; ENAMEL; FACIAL BONE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ROSTRUM; TISSUE SECTION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; COLLAGEN; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FRANCE; MALE; MINERALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; STAINING AND LABELING; WHALES;

EID: 84877292459     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03008207.2013.769973     Document Type: Article

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