Mechanics unlocks the morphogenetic puzzle of interlocking bivalved shells
Brachiopods and mollusks are 2 shell-bearing phyla that diverged from a common shell-less ancestor more than 540 million years ago. Brachiopods and bivalve mollusks have also convergently evolved a bivalved shell that displays an apparently mundane, yet striking feature from a developmental point of...
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Language: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2019
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