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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PeerJ Inc.
2018-04-01
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