Evolutionary Biology: Blue reflectance in tarantulas is evolutionarily conserved despite nanostructural diversity

Science Advances

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Hsiung, Bor Kai ^a   Deheyn, DImitri D ^b   Shawkey, Matthew D ^a   Blackledge, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COLOR VISION; NANOSTRUCTURES;

COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LARGE COLOR DIFFERENCES; MULTILAYER NANOSTRUCTURES; NATURAL SELECTION; PHOTONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PHYLOGENETIC RECONSTRUCTION; STRUCTURAL MECHANISMS;

COLOR;

EID: 85009702731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500709     Document Type: Article

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