First paleoproteome study of fossil fish otoliths and the pristine preservation of the biomineral crystal host

Abstract Otoliths are calcium carbonate components of the stato-acoustical organ responsible for hearing and maintenance of the body balance in teleost fish. During their formation, control over, e.g., morphology and carbonate polymorph is influenced by complex insoluble collagen-like protein and so...

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Published in:	Scientific Reports
Main Authors:	Jarosław Stolarski, Jeana Drake, Ismael Coronado, Ana R. Vieira, Urszula Radwańska, Elizabeth A. C. Heath-Heckman, Maciej Mazur, Jinming Guo, Anders Meibom
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30537-8