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Lecture-4 (general principles of biomineralization)

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Constructional control‣ Controlled construction <strong>of</strong> hierarchical structures‣ Assembly <strong>of</strong> mineral-based building blocks into aseries <strong>of</strong> progressively higher-order structures‣ In bone, tiny crystals <strong>of</strong> hydroxyapatite are interwovenwith collagen fibers‣ Biomineral tectonics

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