Iridescent structural colour production in male blue-black grassquit feather barbules: The role of keratin and melanin

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Maia, Rafael ^a   Caetano, João Victor O ^a   Báo, Sônia N ^a   Macedo, Regina H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barbule; Feather; Photonic crystal; Sexual selection; Thin film; Visual communication

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ABSORBANCE; ANIMAL TAXA; BARBULE; COHERENT SCATTERING; FEATHER; FITTING MODEL; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATIONS; IRIDESCENT COLOUR; KERATIN LAYERS; MELANIN LAYERS; NATURAL VARIATION; OPTICAL MODELLING; PHOTONIC STRUCTURE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SINGLE LAYER; STRUCTURAL COLOUR;

OPTICAL FILMS;

KERATIN; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEATHER; FILM; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTON; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TIARIS; VOLATINIA JACARINA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEATHERS; KERATINS; MALE; MELANINS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 65349145205     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0460.focus     Document Type: Article

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