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Widespread bone-based fluorescence in chameleons

Fluorescence is widespread in marine organisms but uncommon in terrestrial tetrapods. We here show that many chameleon species have bony tubercles protruding from the skull that are visible through their scales, and fluoresce under UV light. Tubercles arising from bones of the skull displace all der...

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Autores principales: Prötzel, David, Heß, Martin, Scherz, Mark D., Schwager, Martina, Padje, Anouk van’t, Glaw, Frank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5768862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29335580
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-19070-7