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Pterin-pigmented nanospheres create the colours of the polymorphic damselfly Ischnura elegans

Animal colours commonly act as signals for mates or predators. In many damselfly species, both sexes go through a developmental colour change as adults, and females often show colour polymorphism, which may have a function in mate choice, avoidance of mating harassment and camouflage. In the blue-ta...

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Published in:J R Soc Interface
Main Authors: Henze, Miriam J., Lind, Olle, Wilts, Bodo D., Kelber, Almut
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6505549/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30991898
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0785
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