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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2023
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| 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 |