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Abstract
Square holes observed in the walls of the pennate diatoms may be due to cubic crystals inside the silicalemma that interfere with silica deposition, or cause its dissolution shortly after deposition. Their presence is consistent with models of valve morphogenesis by diffusion limited precipitation of amorphous silica without any pre-pattern.