Iridophores and Not Carotenoids Account for Chromatic Variation of Carotenoid-Based Coloration in Common Lizards (Lacerta vivipara)
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Iridophores and Not Carotenoids Account for Chromatic Variation of Carotenoid-Based Coloration in Common Lizards (<italic>Lacerta vivipara</italic>)
Carotenoids typically need reflective background components to shine. Such components, iridophores, leucophores, and keratinand collagen-derived structures, are generally assumed to show no or little environmental variability. Here, we investigate the origin of environmentally induced variation in the carotenoid-based ventral coloration of male common lizards (Lacerta vivipara) by investigating...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Naturalist
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0003-0147,1537-5323
DOI: 10.1086/669159