515 million years of structural colour

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages

  Parker, Andrew Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal structural colours; Antireflectors; Eyes; Fossil colours; Reflectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002287791     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/2/6/201     Document Type: Review

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