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PT J
TI Yes, it turns: experimental evidence of pearl rotation during its formation
BT 
AF GUEGUEN, Yannick
   CZORLICH, Yann
   MASTAIL, Max
   LE TOHIC, Bruno
   DEFAY, Didier
   LYONNARD, Pierre
   MARIGLIANO, Damien
   GAUTHIER, Jean-Pierre
   BARI, Hubert
   LO, Cedrik
   CHABRIER, Sebastien
   LE MOULLAC, Gilles
AS 1:1,2;2:1;3:3;4:4;5:4;6:1;7:1;8:5;9:6;10:7;11:8;12:1;
FF 1:PDG-RBE-IHPE;2:PDG-RBE-RMPF;3:PDG-DCN-SGCN-STLNA;4:;5:;6:PDG-DCOP-SGCOP-IMAPF;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:PDG-RBE-RMPF;
C1 IFREMER, UMR EIO 241, UPF ILM IRD, Labex Corail, BP 7004, Taravao 98719, Fr Polynesia.
   Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IFREMER, UMR IHPE 5244 ,UPVD, F-34095 Montpellier, France.
   IFREMER, Ctr Atlantique, F-44311 Nantes 03, France.
   Vega Ind, F-94200 Ivry, France.
   Lab ICP TEXINFINE, F-69006 Lyon, France.
   Qatar Museums, Pearl & Jewellery Museum, Doha, Qatar.
   Direct Ressources Marines & Min, Papeete 98713, Tahiti, Fr Polynesia.
   Univ Polynesie Francaise, Lab GEPASUD, Faaa 98702, Tahiti, Fr Polynesia.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   VEGA IND, FRANCE
   LAB ICP TEXINFINE, FRANCE
   QATAR MUSEUMS, QATAR
   DIRECT RESSOURCES MARINES & MINIERES, FRANCE
   UNIV POLYNESIE FRANCAISE, FRANCE
SI MONTPELLIER
   TAHITI
   NANTES
SE PDG-RBE-IHPE
   PDG-RBE-RMPF
   PDG-DCN-SGCN-STLNA
   PDG-DCOP-SGCOP-IMAPF
UM IHPE
   EIO
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 2.243
TC 11
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00275/38598/37127.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;pearl oyster;pearl rotation;biomineralization
AB Cultured pearls are human creations formed by inserting a nucleus and a small piece of mantle tissue into a living shelled mollusc, usually a pearl oyster. Although many pearl observations intuitively suggest a possible rotation of the nucleated pearl inside the oyster, no experimental demonstration of such a movement has ever been done. This can be explained by the difficulty of observation of such a phenomenon in the tissues of a living animal. To investigate this question of pearl rotation, a magnetometer system was specifically engineered to register magnetic field variations with magnetic sensors from movements of a magnetic nucleus inserted in the pearl oyster. We demonstrated that a continuous movement of the nucleus inside the oyster starts after a minimum of 40 days post-grafting and continues until the pearl harvest. We measured a mean angular speed of 1.27° min−1 calculated for four different oysters. Rotation variability was observed among oysters and may be correlated to pearl shape and defects. Nature's ability to generate so amazingly complex structures like a pearl has delivered one of its secrets.
PY 2015
PD JUN
SO Royal Society Open Science
SN 2054-5703
PU Royal Soc
VL 2
IS 7
UT 000377966100019
DI 10.1098/rsos.150144
ID 38598
ER

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