Modular color evolution facilitated by a complex nanostructure in birds

Volume: 69, Issue: 2, Pages: 357 - 367
Published: Jan 16, 2015
Abstract
The way in which a complex trait varies, and thus evolves, is critically affected by the independence, or modularity, of its subunits. How modular designs facilitate phenotypic diversification is well studied in nonornamental (e.g., cichlid jaws), but not ornamental traits. Diverse feather colors in birds are produced by light absorption by pigments and/or light scattering by nanostructures. Such structural colors are deterministically related...
Paper Details
Title
Modular color evolution facilitated by a complex nanostructure in birds
Published Date
Jan 16, 2015
Journal
Volume
69
Issue
2
Pages
357 - 367
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