How keratin cortex thickness affects iridescent feather colours

The bright, saturated iridescent colours of feathers are commonly produced by single and multi-layers of nanostructured melanin granules (melanosomes), air and keratin matrices, surrounded by an outer keratin cortex of varying thicknesses. The role of the keratin cortex in colour production remains...

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Autores principales: Jeon, Deok-Jin, Ji, Seungmuk, Lee, Eunok, Kang, Jihun, Kim, Jiyeong, D'Alba, Liliana, Manceau, Marie, Shawkey, Matthew D., Yeo, Jong-Souk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
Materias:
Physics and Biophysics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9832292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36686555
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220786

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9832292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36686555
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220786

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