Histopathological analysis of prostate cancer bone metastases typically shows substantial numbers of osteoblasts adjacent to prostate cancer cells , whereas few or no osteoblasts can be seen in normal bone or in bone metastases from other types of cancer ( kidney and lung cancers , and most cases of breast cancer ) , which most often show ...
Sea urchins, parrot fish, molluscs (like limpets and chitons) feed on coralline algae and they provide microhabitats which offer protection to many young animals including sea urchins, chitons, and limpets.
These pink stony crusts are found in sunlit parts of the seafloor from the poles to the tropics, and collectively are called crustose coralline algae. Crustose coralline algae play a variety of important roles in many marine ecosystems, particularly coral reefs. We call them coral reefs because their three-dimensional structures are built by stony coral animals, which produce limestone as they grow ever upwards towards the sun. Corals may create the major structuresâthe bricks of the reef, if you willâbut no brick wall will stand strong without cement. Enter our unassuming friends the crustose coralline algae. They grow as a crust over ...