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Using Cuttlefish Ink as an Additive to Produce ­Non-iridescent Structural Colors of High Color Visibility

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A nanostructural basis for gloss of avian eggshells

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Relative contributions of pigments and biophotonic nanostructures to natural color production: a case study in budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) feathers

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Variation in carotenoid-protein interaction in bird feathers produces novel plumage coloration

(2012) M. M. Mendes-Pinto et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Variable multilayer reflection together with long-pass filtering pigment determines the wing coloration of papilionid butterflies of the nireus group

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Sexual Dichromatism of the Damselfly Calopteryx japonica Caused by a Melanin-Chitin Multilayer in the Male Wing Veins

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Quantitative Genetics of a Carotenoid-Based Color: Heritability and Persistent Natal Environmental Effects in the Great Tit

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How colorful are birds? Evolution of the avian plumage color gamut

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Decreased hydrophobicity of iridescent feathers: a potential cost of shiny plumage

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Iridescence and spectral filtering of the gyroid-type photonic crystals in Parides sesostris wing scales

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How Noniridescent Colors Are Generated by Quasi-ordered Structures of Bird Feathers

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Dissecting Carotenoid from Structural Components of Carotenoid‐Based Coloration: A Field Experiment with Great Tits (Parus major)

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A novel method for quantifying the glossiness of animals

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The evolution of black plumage from blue in Australian fairy-wrens (Maluridae): genetic and structural evidence

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What makes a feather shine? A nanostructural basis for glossy black colours in feathers

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A protean palette: colour materials and mixing in birds and butterflies

(2009) M. D Shawkey et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Physical methods for investigating structural colours in biological systems

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Camouflage, communication and thermoregulation: lessons from colour changing organisms

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