Blue reflectance in tarantulas is evolutionarily conserved despite nanostructural diversity

Abstract

Natural selection on structural color in tarantulas resulted in convergence on color through diverse structural mechanisms.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Nov 06, 2015
Source ID
10.1126/sciadv.1500709

Entities

People

  • Bor-Kai Hsiung
  • Dimitri D Deheyn
  • Matthew D. Shawkey
  • Todd A. Blackledge

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Human Frontier Science Program
  • National Science Foundation
  • University of Akron
  • University of California, San Diego

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Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene