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Precise colocalization of interacting structural and pigmentary elements generates extensive color pattern variation in Phelsuma lizards

BACKGROUND: Color traits in animals play crucial roles in thermoregulation, photoprotection, camouflage, and visual communication, and are amenable to objective quantification and modeling. However, the extensive variation in non-melanic pigments and structural colors in squamate reptiles has been l...

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Autores principales: Saenko, Suzanne V, Teyssier, Jérémie, van der Marel, Dirk, Milinkovitch, Michel C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24099066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-11-105