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On Biomineralization. Heinz A. Lowenstam and Stephen Weiner. Oxford University Press; New York. 1989. ix + 324 pp. $57.00. - Biomineralization. Cell Biology and Mineral Deposition. Kenneth Simkiss and Karl M. Wilbur Academic Press, Inc.; San Diego. 1989. xii + 337 pp. $69.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2016

Kenneth M. Towe*
Affiliation:
Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560

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