ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023
Lizards exploit the changing optics of developing chromatophore cells to switch defensive colors during ontogeny.
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Abstract
Many animals undergo changes in functional colors during development, requiring the replacement of integument or pigment cells. A classic example of defensive color switching is found in hatchling lizards, which use conspicuous tail colors to deflect predator attacks away from vital organs. These tail colors usually fade to concealing colors during ontogeny. Here, we show that the ontogenetic blue-to-brown tail color change in
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