Cuthill, Innes C, Allen, William L, Arbuckle, Kevin, Caspers, Barbara, Chaplin, George, Hauber, Mark E, Hill, Geoffrey E, Jablonski, Nina G, Jiggins, Chris D, Kelber, Almut et al (show 17 more authors)
(2017)
The biology of color
SCIENCE, 357 (6350).
eaan0221-.
ISSN 0036-8075, 1095-9203
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Abstract
Coloration mediates the relationship between an organism and its environment in important ways, including social signaling, antipredator defenses, parasitic exploitation, thermoregulation, and protection from ultraviolet light, microbes, and abrasion. Methodological breakthroughs are accelerating knowledge of the processes underlying both the production of animal coloration and its perception, experiments are advancing understanding of mechanism and function, and measurements of color collected noninvasively and at a global scale are opening windows to evolutionary dynamics more generally. Here we provide a roadmap of these advances and identify hitherto unrecognized challenges for this multi- and interdisciplinary field.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animals, Pigmentation, Color Perception, Reproduction, Pigments, Biological, Photoreceptor Cells, Color Vision, Biological Evolution |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health & Life Sciences Faculty of Health & Life Sciences > Inst. Infection, Vet & Ecological Sciences Faculty of Health & Life Sciences > Inst. Systems, Molec & Integrative Biology > Inst. Systems, Molec & Integrative Biology Faculty of Health & Life Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2024 09:16 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2026 14:22 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.aan0221 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3182113 |
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