Iridescent colour production in hairs of blind golden moles (Chrysochloridae)

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 393-396

  Snyder, Holly K ^a   Maia, Rafael ^a   D'Alba, Liliana ^a   Shultz, Allison J ^b   Rowe, Karen M C ^c,d   Rowe, Kevin C ^c,d   Shawkey, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biophotonics; Hair; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; CHRYSOCHLORIDAE; COLEOPTERA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 84861502744     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1168     Document Type: Article

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