Structural colouration of avian skin: Convergent evolution of coherently scattering dermal collagen arrays

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2409-2429

  Prum, Richard O ^a   Torres, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; Collagen; Colour; Fourier analysis; Integument; Nanostructure; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLLAGEN; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CASTANEA; EURYLAIMIDAE; PHILEPITTA; PHILEPITTA CASTANEA; PODOTHECA; THAMNOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0042491808     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00431     Document Type: Article

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