Colour-producing β-keratin nanofibres in blue penguin (Eudyptula minor) feathers

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 543-546

  D'Alba, Liliana ^a   Saranathan, Vinodkumar ^b   Clarke, Julia A ^c   Vinther, Jakob A ^b   Prum, Richard O ^b   Shawkey, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophotonics; Nanofibres; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

BETA KERATIN; NANOFIBER;

ABSORPTION; CAROTENOID; COLOR; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FEATHER; MELANIN; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEIN; SEABIRD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; FEATHER; HISTOLOGY; PENGUIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BETA-KERATINS; COLOR; FEATHERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOFIBERS; SPHENISCIDAE;

AVES; EUDYPTULA MINOR; MAMMALIA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 80051684098     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1163     Document Type: Article

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