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J Exp Biol (2015) 218 (22): 3632–3635.
Published: 1 November 2015
...Bor-Kai Hsiung; Todd A. Blackledge; Matthew D. Shawkey ABSTRACT Melanin pigments are broadly distributed in nature – from bacteria to fungi to plants and animals. However, many previous attempts to identify melanins in spiders were unsuccessful, suggesting that these otherwise ubiquitous pigments...
Includes: Supplementary data
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J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (2): 343–350.
Published: 15 January 2012
... hypodermis. Despite the difference in colour triggered by this adaptive response, total levels of the predominant carotenoid pigment, astaxanthin, are not modified, suggesting that another mechanism is regulating this phenomenon. Astaxanthin binds to a specific protein called crustacyanin (CRCN...
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J Exp Biol (2001) 204 (14): 2447–2459.
Published: 15 July 2001
... ) and the spectral sensitivities of butterfly photoreceptors (up to approximately 700nm) (e.g. Eguchi et al., 1982 ; Bernard and Remington, 1991 ). The ecological function of flavonoid sequestration in P. icarus is unknown. The specific allocation of these pigments to the wings called for an investigation...