ArticleFrontiers in physiology2017
Dynamic Skin Patterns in Cephalopods.
Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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- Small RNAs as Fundamental Players in the Transference of Information During Bacterial Infectious Diseases.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2020Review
- Reconstruction of Dynamic and Reversible Color Change using Reflectin Protein.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
Cephalopods are unrivaled in the natural world in their ability to alter their visual appearance. These mollusks have evolved a complex system of dermal units under neural, hormonal, and muscular control to produce an astonishing variety of body patterns. With parallels to the pixels on a television screen, cephalopod chromatophores can be coordinated to produce dramatic, dynamic, and rhythmic displays, defined collectively here as "dynamic patterns." This study examines the nature, context, and potential functions of dynamic patterns across diverse cephalopod taxa. Examples are presented for 21 species, including 11 previously unreported in the scientific literature. These range from simple flashing or flickering patterns, to highly complex passing wave patterns involving multiple skin fields.
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