Peer Review #3 of "Coccolith arrangement follows Eulerian mathematics in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi (v0.1)"
Abstract:Background. The globally abundant coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi, plays an important ecological role in oceanic carbon biogeochemistry by forming a cellular covering of plate-like CaCO 3 crystals (coccoliths) and fixing CO 2. It is unknown how the cells arrange different-size of coccoliths to maintain full coverage, as the cell surface area of the cell changes during daily cycle. Methods. We used Euler's polyhedron formula and CaGe simulation software, validated with the geometries of coccoliths, to analyz… Show more
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