Squid adjust their body color according to substrate [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Coleoid cephalopods camouflage on timescales of seconds to match their visual surroundings. To date, studies of cephalopod camouflage-to-substrate have been focused primarily on benthic cuttlefish and octopus, because they are readily found sitting on ...
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Combinatorial expression of ebony and tan generates body color variation from nymph through adult stages in the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Insect body colors and patterns change markedly during development in some species as they adapt to their surroundings. The contribution of melanin and sclerotin pigments, both of which are synthesized from dopamine, to cuticle tanning has been well ...
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Starvation Stress Causes Body Color Change and Pigment Degradation in Acyrthosiphon pisum [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), shows body color shifting from red to pale under starvation in laboratory conditions. These body color changes reflect aphid’s adaptation to environmental stress. To understand the color-shifting patterns, the
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Evidence of Seasonal Variation in Body Color in Adults of the Parasitoid Cirrospilus pictus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Sicily, Italy [PDF]
Insects, 2023 As part of the studies on the morphological color variation of insects, a case study on the seasonal body color variation of Cirrospilus pictus (Nees) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Eulophinae) parasitoid of leafminers is reported. Observations were made from
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Uridine Diphosphate Glycosyltransferases (UGTs) Involved in the Carotenoid-Based Body Color Difference between Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Red) and Tetranychus urticae (Green) [PDF]
Insects, 2023 It has long been disputed whether Tetranychus cinnabarinus and Tetranychus urticae belong to the same genus, with T. cinnabarinus regarded as a red form of T. urticae. However, it is unclear why T. urticae and T.
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Analysis of the relationship between geography and body color with the genetic diversity in the Echiura worm Urechis unicinctus based on the mitochondrial COI and D-loop sequences [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 Urechis unicinctus is the only Echiurini species distributed in Bohai Gulf of China. The wild populations of this species have sharply declined in China due to overfishing.
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MITF Contributes to the Body Color Differentiation of Sea Cucumbers Apostichopus japonicus through Expression Differences and Regulation of Downstream Genes [PDF]
Biology, 2022 Melanin, which is a pigment produced in melanocytes, is an important contributor to sea cucumber body color. MITF is one of the most critical genes in melanocyte development and melanin synthesis pathways.
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Molecular Mechanism of Body Color Change in the Ecological Seedling Breeding Model of Apostichopus japonicus [PDF]
BiologyThe mismatch between the rapid expansion of breeding scale and outdated techniques has hindered the development of the sea cucumber (A. japonicus) industry. Our previous work revealed that ecological seedling breeding can produce red-colored A. japonicus,
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Effects of Marigold Extract and Carophyll Red on Growth, Body Color Development, Antioxidant Properties, and Innate Immunity in the Ornamental Fish Golden Severum (Heros efasciatus) [PDF]
LifeThe body color state is an important determinant of the value of golden severum (Heros efasciatus)—a popular ornamental fish. The use of dietary supplements to improve the color development and health of this species is unexplored. Herein, the effects of
Jung-Jin Park +8 more
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Quantum 2-Body Hamiltonian for Topological Color Codes [PDF]
Fortschritte der Physik, 2009 We introduce a two-body quantum Hamiltonian model with spins-$\half$ located on the vertices of a 2D spatial lattice. The model exhibits an exact topological degeneracy in all coupling regimes. This is a remarkable non-perturbative effect.
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