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    Irving M. Shapiro & John S. Greenspan

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Shapiro, I.M., Greenspan, J.S. Are mitochondria directly involved in biological mineralisation?. Calc. Tis Res. 3, 100–102 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02058651

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