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Total Internal Reflection Accounts for the Bright Color of the Saharan Silver Ant

The Saharan silver ant Cataglyphis bombycina is one of the terrestrial living organisms best adapted to tolerate high temperatures. It has recently been shown that the hairs covering the ant’s dorsal body part are responsible for its silvery appearance. The hairs have a triangular cross-section with...

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Autores principales: Willot, Quentin, Simonis, Priscilla, Vigneron, Jean-Pol, Aron, Serge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27073923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152325