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Females are the brighter sex: Differences in external fluorescence across sexes and life stages of a crab spider

Fluorescence is increasingly recognized to be widespread in nature. In particular, some arachnids fluoresce externally, and in spiders the hemolymph fluoresces. In this study, we examined the external fluorescence and the fluorophores of different sexes and life stages of the crab spider Misumena va...

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Autores principales: Brandt, Erin E., Masta, Susan E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28467416
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175667