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RESEARCH PRODUCT
The biology of color
Almut KelberNicholas W. RobertsNina G. JablonskiThomas N. SherrattMartin StevensInnes C. CuthillWilliam L. AllenDevi Stuart-foxRichard M. MerrillRichard O. PrumMary Caswell StoddardTim CaroAlexandre RoulinDaniel OsorioGeorge ChaplinChris D. JigginsElizabeth A. TibbettsJohn SkelhornMark E. HauberMark E. HauberMichael P. SpeedGeoffrey E. HillLaszlo TalasHannah M. RowlandHannah M. RowlandJohanna MappesKevin ArbuckleBarbara A. CaspersJustin Marshallsubject
0301 basic medicinegenetic structuresColor functionEvolutionSpeciationColor perceptionBiologyColor functionSocial signaling03 medical and health sciencesUltraviolet lightStructural colorationAnimalsPhotoreceptor CellsEvolutionary dynamicsOrganismCognitive scienceMultidisciplinaryColor pigmentsColor VisionEcologyMechanism (biology)PigmentationReproductionAnimal colorationPigments BiologicalBiological Evolution030104 developmental biologyCamouflageColor Perceptiondescription
In living color Animals live in a colorful world, but we rarely stop to think about how this color is produced and perceived, or how it evolved. Cuthill et al. review how color is used for social signals between individual animals and how it affects interactions with parasites, predators, and the physical environment. New approaches are elucidating aspects of animal coloration, from the requirements for complex cognition and perception mechanisms to the evolutionary dynamics surrounding its development and diversification. Science , this issue p. eaan0221
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2017-08-04 |