Self-Sharpening Mechanism of the Sea Urchin Tooth
β Scribed by Christopher E. Killian; Rebecca A. Metzler; Yutao Gong; Tyler H. Churchill; Ian C. Olson; Vasily Trubetskoy; Matthew B. Christensen; John H. Fournelle; Francesco De Carlo; Sidney Cohen; Julia Mahamid; Andreas Scholl; Anthony Young; Andrew Doran; Fred H. Wilt; Susan N. Coppersmith; Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 750 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1616-301X
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