BIOMINERAL IN BARNACLE TOPOCHEM OF BONE LIKE SHELL OF IBLA CUMINGI (CIRRIPEDIA)

该项目的目的是确定 研究藤壶物种的生物矿化过程发现， 主要分布在印度西太平洋。 I.卡明吉是唯一一个 已知的无脊椎动物物种，形成人类的矿物质类似物 骨，无论是在结构和组成。 的空间和时间 钙和其他金属在这种壳结构中的分布， 通过独特的X射线和磁共振可确定下层组织 在杜克开发的成像技术。

The purpose of this project is to determine the feasibility of studying biomineralization processes in a barnacle species found primarily in the Indo-West Pacific. I. cumingi is one of the only known invertebrate species that forms a mineral analogue of human bone, both in structure and composition. The spatial and temporal distribution of calcium and other metals in this shell structure and underlying tissue is definable by unique x-ray and magnetic resonance imaging techniques developed at Duke.