515 million years of structural colour
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- 25 October 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics
- Vol. 2 (6) , R15-R28
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1464-4258/2/6/201
Abstract
Structures that cause colour or provide antireflection have been found in both living and extinct animals in a diversity of forms, including mirror-reflective and diffractive devices. An overview of this diversity is presented here, and behavioural and evolutionary implications are introduced.Keywords
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