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SUBMITTER: Mahamid J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2529085 | biostudies-other | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080827 35
A fundamental question in biomineralization is the nature of the first-formed mineral phase. In vertebrate bone formation, this issue has been the subject of a long-standing controversy. We address this key issue using the continuously growing fin bony rays of the Tuebingen long-fin zebrafish as a model for bone mineralization. Employing high-resolution scanning and transmission electron microscopy imaging, electron diffraction, and elemental analysis, we demonstrate the presence of an abundant ...[more]