Helpful Shellfish (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Helpful Shellfish

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Wilker notes that not everyone in his lab has a chemistry degree; some of the lab members are shellfish -- about 1,000 of them to be exact. The shellfish play a valuable role by demonstrating how they make adhesives so that scientists can build upon their biological strategies.

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Purdue University photo/Rebecca McElhoe

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