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Hiding the squid: patterns in artificial cephalopod skin

Cephalopods employ their chromomorphic skins for rapid and versatile active camouflage and signalling effects. This is achieved using dense networks of pigmented, muscle-driven chromatophore cells which are neurally stimulated to actuate and affect local skin colouring. This allows cephalopods to ad...

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Autores principales: Fishman, Aaron, Rossiter, Jonathan, Homer, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26063823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0281