Sexual Dichromatism of the Damselfly Calopteryx japonica Caused by a Melanin-Chitin Multilayer in the Male Wing Veins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Stavenga, Doekele G ^a   Leertouwer, Hein L ^a   Hariyama, Takahiko ^b   De Raedt, Hans A ^a   Wilts, Bodo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; MELANIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALOPTERYX JAPONICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAMSELFLY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; IRIDESCENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PIGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFRACTION INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VEIN;

ANIMALS; CHITIN; COLOR; FEMALE; MALE; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ODONATA; PIGMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WING;

CALOPTERYX JAPONICA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84869830336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049743     Document Type: Article

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