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Columella cells revisited: novel structures, novel properties, and a novel gravisensing model. 再访 Columella 细胞：新结构、新特性和新的葡萄膜感应模型。

Gravitational and space biology bulletin : publication of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology Pub Date : 2000-06-01

L A Staehelin, H Q Zheng, T L Yoder, J D Smith, P Todd

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Biomineralization in coccolithophores. 球石藻的生物矿化作用。

Gravitational and space biology bulletin : publication of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology Pub Date : 1999-05-01 DOI: 10.1002/3527604138.CH12

M. Marsh

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Biomineralization in coccolithophores. 茧石生物的生物矿化。

Gravitational and space biology bulletin : publication of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology Pub Date : 1999-05-01

M E Marsh

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