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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.

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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.

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Kenneth M. Towe
Kenneth M. Towe*
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Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
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Paleobiology , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , Fall 1990 , pp. 521 - 526
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