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The American Biology Teacher (2022) 84 (6): 336–341.
Published: 01 August 2022
... recrystallization. Similarly, the so-called collagen fraction of Mesozoic fossil bone (actually the total organic fraction) yields a falsely young “date,” due to the presence of organic contaminants, including glue that is added during fossil excavation. The contaminants are responsible for the falsely young...
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The American Biology Teacher (2021) 83 (5): 298–302.
Published: 01 May 2021
... with iron and iron compounds at a critical point in the decay process protects cells within a bone from autolysis. Cross-linking and association with bone mineral surfaces furnish added protection to collagen fibers in a bone. These protective factors can result in soft-tissue preservation that lasts...
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The American Biology Teacher (2020) 82 (2): 72–79.
Published: 01 February 2020
... in five modes: microbial activity, collagen gelatinization, permineralization, encrustation, and recrystallization. Microbial diagenesis. During the earliest phase of bone diagenesis, microbes such as bacteria and fungi consume the bones' organic fraction ( Pfretzschner, 2004 ). Microbial...