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Shell construction by physical self-organization and cell sensorial activity: the case of the cephalopod Argonauta
… cephalopod Argonauta The female cephalopod Argonauta secretes a shell with its dorsal arms, being thus non-homologous … organic membranes3,4. These conform a polygonal (cellular) network in cross-section1. During growth, fibers with small … behavior, we hypothesize that fibers evolve as an emulsion between the fluid precursors of both the calcite and organic …Published on: