The colours of extant mammals

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 542-552

  Caro, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Background matching; Crypsis; Pelage; Self shadow concealment; Skin

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

AARDVARK; AFROSORICIDA; ANTEATER; ARGENTINA; ARMADILLO; BANDICOOT; BAT; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORE; CHILE; CINGULATA; COLOR VISION; DASYUROMORPHIA; DERMOPTERA; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; DIPROTODONTIA; DUGONG; ECHIDNA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANT SHREW; EXTANT SPECIES; FORAGING; GALAGIDAE; GOLDEN MOLE; HYRACOIDAE; KANGAROO; KILLER WHALE; LAGOMORPH; LEMURIDAE; MACROSCELIDIDAE; MARSUPIAL; MICROBIOTHERIA; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; NOTORYCTEMORPHIA; OPOSSUM; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; PAUCITUBERCULATA; PERAMELEMORPHIA; PERISSODACTYLA; PHILANDER OPOSSUM; PHOLIDOTA; PILOSA; PLATYPUS; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PRIMATE; PROBOSCIDEA; REVIEW; RODENT; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII; SCANDENTIA; SIRENIA; SKIN COLOR; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAIL; TENREC; TUBULIDENTATA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION; X CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

APOSEMATISM; BACKGROUND MATCHING; CRYPSIS; PELAGE; SELF-SHADOW CONCEALMENT; SKIN;

ANIMALS; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MAMMALS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84883282809     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2013.03.016     Document Type: Review

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