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SUBMITTER: Stolarski J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7826372 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stolarski Jarosław J Coronado Ismael I Murphy Jack G JG Kitahara Marcelo V MV Janiszewska Katarzyna K Mazur Maciej M Gothmann Anne M AM Bouvier Anne-Sophie AS Marin-Carbonne Johanna J Taylor Michelle L ML Quattrini Andrea M AM McFadden Catherine S CS Higgins John A JA Robinson Laura F LF Meibom Anders A
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20201215 3
One of the most conserved traits in the evolution of biomineralizing organisms is the taxon-specific selection of skeletal minerals. All modern scleractinian corals are thought to produce skeletons exclusively of the calcium-carbonate polymorph aragonite. Despite strong fluctuations in ocean chemistry (notably the Mg/Ca ratio), this feature is believed to be conserved throughout the coral fossil record, spanning more than 240 million years. Only one example, the Cretaceous scleractinian coral <i ...[more]