...David Wilby; Samuel Riches; Ilse M. Daly; Andrew Bird; Matthew Wheelwright; James J. Foster ABSTRACT Animals can make use of camouflage to reduce the likelihood of visual detection or recognition and thus improve their chances of survival. Background matching, where body colouration is closely...

...Alyssa M. Budd; Tracey M. Hinton; Mark Tonks; Sue Cheers; Nicholas M. Wade ABSTRACT Crustaceans form their distinct patterns and colours through the interaction of the carotenoid astaxanthin with a protein called crustacyanin (CRCN). Presently, the expression of just two CRCN genes is thought...

...Jessica K. Armenta; Peter O. Dunn; Linda A. Whittingham SUMMARY Recent advances in portable spectrophotometers have allowed researchers to collect quantitative, objective data on colour. There are few comparisons of the different methods used to summarize and analyse spectrophotometer data,however...

..., and that this capacity is reflected in skin colours involved in signalling. Subsequent to 4 weeks of carotenoid treatment we used flow cytometry to analyse unspecified ROS (H 2 O 2 , singlet oxygen, superoxide and peroxynitrite level), hereafter termed ROS, and baseline superoxide specifically (bSO in peripheral blood...