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Three-dimensional midwater camouflage from a novel two-component photonic structure in hatchetfish skin

The largest habitat by volume on Earth is the oceanic midwater, which is also one of the least understood in terms of animal ecology. The organisms here exhibit a spectacular array of optical adaptations for living in a visual void that have only barely begun to be described. We describe a complex p...

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Autores principales: Rosenthal, Eric I., Holt, Amanda L., Sweeney, Alison M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5454286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28468923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2016.1034

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