biocalcified

Verb

biocalcify (third-person singular simple present biocalcifies, present participle biocalcifying, simple past and past participle biocalcified)

1. To calcify biologically or biochemically
   • In order to understand what genetic repertoire may have been present in the last common ancestor of the Metazoa (LCAM), and that may have contributed to the evolution of the ability to biocalcify, we have studied the skeletal proteome of the coralline demosponge Vaceletia sp. and compare this to...2015 November 5, “The Skeleton Forming Proteome of an Early Branching Metazoan: A Molecular Survey of the Biomineralization Components Employed by the Coralline Sponge Vaceletia Sp.”, in PLOS ONE...