Spatially modulated structural colour in bird feathers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Parnell, Andrew J ^a   Washington, Adam L ^a   Mykhaylyk, Oleksandr O ^a   Hill, Christopher J ^a   Bianco, Antonino ^a   Burg, Stephanie L ^a   Dennison, Andrew J C ^b,c   Snape, Mary ^a   Cadby, Ashley J ^a   Smith, Andrew ^d   Prevost, Sylvain ^e   Whittaker, David M ^a   Jones, Richard A L ^a   Fairclough, J Patrick A ^a   Parker, Andrew R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^d DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COLOR; FEATHER; METABOLISM; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; COLOR; FEATHERS; KERATINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84951304771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep18317     Document Type: Article

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