Coccolith arrangement follows Eulerian mathematics in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi

Background The globally abundant coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi, plays an important ecological role in oceanic carbon biogeochemistry by forming a cellular covering of plate-like CaCO3 crystals (coccoliths) and fixing CO2. It is unknown how the cells arrange different-sized coccoliths to maintai...

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Main Authors: Kai Xu, David Hutchins, Kunshan Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4608.pdf