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Evolution of brilliant iridescent feather nanostructures

The brilliant iridescent plumage of birds creates some of the most stunning color displays known in the natural world. Iridescent plumage colors are produced by nanostructures in feathers and have evolved in diverse birds. The building blocks of these structures—melanosomes (melanin-filled organelle...

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Autores principales: Nordén, Klara Katarina, Eliason, Chad M, Stoddard, Mary Caswell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8691833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34930526
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.71179