ArticleCurrent biology : CB2018
Thermal Biology: Melanin-Based Energy Harvesting across the Tree of Life.
Article in Current biology : CB, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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- The global importance and interplay of colour-based protective and thermoregulatory functions in frogs.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Effect of thallus melanisation on the sensitivity of lichens to heat stress.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Climate and body size have differential roles on melanism evolution across workers in a worldwide ant genus.Oecologia · 2022Article
- Melanoma, Melanin, and Melanogenesis: The Yin and Yang Relationship.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Review
- Raman Characterization of Fungal DHN and DOPA Melanin Biosynthesis Pathways.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Fungal Melanins and Applications in Healthcare, Bioremediation and Industry.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Benefits of insect colours: a review from social insect studies.Oecologia · 2020Review
- Temperature-driven color lightness and body size variation scale to local assemblages of European Odonata but are modified by propensity for dispersal.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
- Traditional Asian Herbs in Skin Whitening: The Current Development and Limitations.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Review
- The global distribution of avian eggshell colours suggest a thermoregulatory benefit of darker pigmentation.Nature ecology & evolution · 2020Article
- Body coloration and mechanisms of colour production in Archelosauria: the case of deirocheline turtles.Royal Society open science · 2019Article
- European mushroom assemblages are darker in cold climates.Nature communications · 2019Article
- Colour lightness of butterfly assemblages across North America and Europe.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
Recent results on the thermal biology of unicellular fungi provide evidence that pigmentation is an ancient adaptation for harvesting solar radiation. A new model system promises novel opportunities for quantifying radiative heat transfer and improving biophysical models.
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