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Biological Materials of Marine Origin

Part of the book series: Biologically-Inspired Systems ((BISY,volume 4))

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Marine vertebrates include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The Part I describes the classification of marine vertebrates. Included is information about the broad diversity seen in specific biological materials. These materials include mineralized tissues (cartilage, bones, teeth, dentin, egg shells), biominerals (otoliths and otoconia), and skeletal structures (carapaces, sucking disks, spines, scales, scutes, plates, denticles etc.). Elastomers (egg case) and structural proteins (collagen, keratins) are also mentioned. Special attention is payed to the biomimetic applications of biomaterials originating from marine vertebrates.

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