Rutgers: Corals Carefully Organize Proteins to Form Rock-Hard Skeletons
April 10, 2021
April 10, 2021
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 10 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory of evolution, noted that corals form far-reaching structures, largely made of limestone, that surround tropical islands. He didn't know how they performed this feat.
Now, Rutgers scientists have shown that coral structures consist of a biomineral containing a highly organized organic mix of proteins that rese . . .
Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory of evolution, noted that corals form far-reaching structures, largely made of limestone, that surround tropical islands. He didn't know how they performed this feat.
Now, Rutgers scientists have shown that coral structures consist of a biomineral containing a highly organized organic mix of proteins that rese . . .