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Shape matters: animal colour patterns as signals of individual quality.
Pérez-Rodríguez L, Jovani R, Stevens M. Pérez-Rodríguez L, et al. Proc Biol Sci. 2017 Feb 22;284(1849):20162446. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2446. Proc Biol Sci. 2017. PMID: 28228513 Free PMC article. Review.
Colour patterns (e.g. irregular, spotted or barred forms) are widespread in the animal kingdom, yet their potential role as signals of quality has been mostly neglected. ...Methodological constraints have traditionally hampered research on the signalling potential o …
Colour patterns (e.g. irregular, spotted or barred forms) are widespread in the animal kingdom, yet their potential role as si …
The role of colour patterns for the recognition of flowers by bees.
Hempel de Ibarra N, Holtze S, Bäucker C, Sprau P, Vorobyev M. Hempel de Ibarra N, et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2022 Oct 24;377(1862):20210284. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0284. Epub 2022 Sep 5. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2022. PMID: 36058248 Free PMC article.
Bees discriminate between many different colours of flower petals, but it is not well understood how they perceive and learn patterns frequently found in flowers with colourful structures. ...In behavioural experiments we trained and tested bees with t …
Bees discriminate between many different colours of flower petals, but it is not well understood how they perceive and learn patte …
Genetics and evolution of colour patterns in reptiles.
Olsson M, Stuart-Fox D, Ballen C. Olsson M, et al. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2013 Jun-Jul;24(6-7):529-41. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2013.04.001. Epub 2013 Apr 8. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2013. PMID: 23578866 Review.
The study of coloration in the polyphyletic reptilians has flourished in the last two decades, in particular with respect to the underlying genetics of colour traits, the function of colours in social interactions, and ongoing selection on these traits in the …
The study of coloration in the polyphyletic reptilians has flourished in the last two decades, in particular with respect to the unde …
The origins of colour patterns in fossil insects revealed by maturation experiments.
Wang S, McNamara ME, Wang B, Hui H, Jiang B. Wang S, et al. Proc Biol Sci. 2023 Sep 27;290(2007):20231333. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1333. Epub 2023 Sep 20. Proc Biol Sci. 2023. PMID: 37727088 Free PMC article.
These preserved colour patterns can thus be plausibly explained as melanin-based patterning. Recognition of melanin-based colour patterns in fossil insects opens new avenues for interpreting the evolution of insect coloration and behav …
These preserved colour patterns can thus be plausibly explained as melanin-based patterning. Recognition of melanin-bas …
Behavioural, ecological, and evolutionary aspects of diversity in frog colour patterns.
Rojas B. Rojas B. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2017 May;92(2):1059-1080. doi: 10.1111/brv.12269. Epub 2016 Mar 28. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2017. PMID: 27020467 Review.
The role of colours and colour patterns in behavioural ecology has been extensively studied in a variety of contexts and taxa, while almost overlooked in many others. ...Much less attention has been paid to the enormous diversity of colours, …
The role of colours and colour patterns in behavioural ecology has been extensively studied in a variety of cont …
Macroecological patterns in flower colour are shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors.
Dalrymple RL, Kemp DJ, Flores-Moreno H, Laffan SW, White TE, Hemmings FA, Moles AT. Dalrymple RL, et al. New Phytol. 2020 Dec;228(6):1972-1985. doi: 10.1111/nph.16737. Epub 2020 Jul 21. New Phytol. 2020. PMID: 32533864 Free article.
However, we have much more to learn about influences of the abiotic environment on flower colour. We combine quantitative flower colour data for 339 species from a broad spatial range covering tropical, temperate, arid, montane and coastal environments from 9.25S to …
However, we have much more to learn about influences of the abiotic environment on flower colour. We combine quantitative flower c …
The evolution of flower colour.
Kellenberger RT, Glover BJ. Kellenberger RT, et al. Curr Biol. 2023 Jun 5;33(11):R484-R488. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.055. Curr Biol. 2023. PMID: 37279680
Flowers are the most commonly seen colourful elements of the natural world, and in this primer we explain the evolution of their spectacular range of colours. To understand flower colour, we first explain what colour is and how a flower can have differ …
Flowers are the most commonly seen colourful elements of the natural world, and in this primer we explain the evolution of their spec …
The banded colour patterns of sea snakes discourage attack by predatory fishes, enabling Batesian mimicry by harmless species.
Goiran C, Shine T, Shine R. Goiran C, et al. Proc Biol Sci. 2022 Nov 30;289(1987):20221759. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1759. Epub 2022 Nov 16. Proc Biol Sci. 2022. PMID: 36382516 Free PMC article.
Populations of a harmless sea snake species (Emydocephalus annulatus) in New Caledonia exhibit colour polymorphism, with around 20% of individuals banded rather than melanic. ...Our methods overcome several ambiguities associated with experimental studies on mimicry in ter …
Populations of a harmless sea snake species (Emydocephalus annulatus) in New Caledonia exhibit colour polymorphism, with around 20% o …
[The embryonic origin of periodic colour patterns].
Haupaix N, Curantz C, Manceau M. Haupaix N, et al. C R Biol. 2020 Oct 9;343(2):143-153. doi: 10.5802/crbiol.22. C R Biol. 2020. PMID: 33108119 Free article. French.
Because they vary extensively, the periodic colour motifs that adorn the coat of vertebrates historically served to study the formation and evolution of biological patterns. ...These results reconciled patterning theories, showing they combine in a two-step p …
Because they vary extensively, the periodic colour motifs that adorn the coat of vertebrates historically served to study the formati …
Categorical colour geometry.
Griffin LD, Mylonas D. Griffin LD, et al. PLoS One. 2019 May 10;14(5):e0216296. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216296. eCollection 2019. PLoS One. 2019. PMID: 31075109 Free PMC article.
This contrasts with previous colour metrics which have been driven by stimulus discriminability, or acceptability of a colour match. ...These allow a count to be made of the number of categorically-distinct regions of categorically-similar colours that fit wi …
This contrasts with previous colour metrics which have been driven by stimulus discriminability, or acceptability of a colour …
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