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Conflict between background matching and social signalling in a colour-changing freshwater fish
The ability to change coloration allows animals to modify their patterning to suit a specific function. Many freshwater fishes, for example, can appear cryptic by altering the dispersion of melanin pigment in the skin to match the visual background. However, melanin-based pigments are also used to s...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4929899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27429764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160040 |