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The formation of mussel byssus: anatomy of a natural manufacturing process.

J. Waite

1992Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-47207-0_2

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The byssus is an extraorganismic polymeric structure in marine mussels and generally employed as a holdfast or tethering device and can be caricatured as a series of manufacturing processes including injection and extrusion molding, calendering, and sizing.

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WAITE, J. The formation of mussel byssus: Anatomy of a natural manufacturing process. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, 1992, 19: 27–54.