Dynamic bio-interface between mussel tissue and byssus plays important role in quick release
Light microscopy image of a histologically stained section of the stem root in which thin wavy sheets of the non-living stem root surrounding by cilia (red) can been seen embedded in the living tissue of the generator (light blue). Credit: Jenaes Sivasundarampillai A team of chemists at McGill University, working with a colleague from Charité-Universitätsmedizin