Transformation of Amorphous Calcium Phosphate to Crystalline Dahllite in the Radular Teeth of Chitons
- 4 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 227 (4682) , 51-53
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.227.4682.51
Abstract
A comparison of infrared spectra from individual teeth along the radula of a chiton (Polyplacophora, Mollusca) shows that the first-formed calcium phosphate mineral is amorphous. Over a period of weeks the mineral transforms to dahllite. The c axes of the dahllite crystals are aligned approximately perpendicular to the tooth surface.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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