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Calcification provides mechanical reinforcement to whale baleen α-keratin |
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| Authors: | L J Szewciw D G de Kerckhove G W Grime D S Fudge |
| Institution: | 1.Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1;2.Department of Physics, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1;3.Surrey Ion Beam Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK |
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| Keywords: | whale baleen alpha-keratin calcification proton-induced X-ray emission transmission electron microscopy biomechanics |