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Sponge Skeletogenesis

Sponge Skeletogenesis is the biological process by which sponges (phylum Porifera) form and organize their structural skeletal elements, involving the synthesis, deposition, and spatial arrangement of spicules or spongin fibers that define the species-specific architecture of the sponge body.

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45

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Patterns and possible environmental controls of skeletogenesis of Porites lutea, South Thailand

T. P. Scoffin, Alexander W. Tudhope, B. E. Brown et al. · Coral Reefs · 1992 · 170 citations

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Mineral skeletogenesis in sponges

María‐J. Uriz · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 2006 · 147 citations

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Sponge Paleogenomics Reveals an Ancient Role for Carbonic Anhydrase in Skeletogenesis

Daniel J. Jackson, Luciana Macis, Joachim Reitner et al. · Science · 2007 · 134 citations · Full text

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Skeletal organization in the coral, Pocillopora damicornis

Stephen A. Wainwright · Journal of Cell Science · 1963 · 128 citations

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Heterotopic Bone formed in a Synthetic Sponge in the Skin of Young Pigs

George D. Winter, B. J. SIMPSON · Nature · 1969 · 126 citations

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Authors

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  1. GW
    Gert Wörheide

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

    2 publications · 149 citations

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  2. GD
    George D. Winter

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 147 citations

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  3. BM
    Bernard M. Degnan

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    2 publications · 189 citations

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  4. DJ
    Daniel J. Jackson

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    2 publications · 149 citations

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  5. WS
    Wakana Sugano

    Kyoto University, Japan

    1 publications · 39 citations

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Institutions

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  1. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    725 citations

  2. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    685 citations

  3. University of Newcastle Australia

    Newcastle, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    170 citations

  4. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

    Munich, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  5. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    55 citations

  6. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  8. National Institute for Basic Biology

    Okazaki, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

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  2. Journal of Morphology

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  4. Nature

    1 publications · 126 citations

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  5. Journal of Cell Science

    1 publications · 128 citations

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