Nanoscale millefeuilles produce iridescent bill ornaments in birds.

birds communication iridescence structural color

Journal

PNAS nexus
ISSN: 2752-6542
Titre abrégé: PNAS Nexus
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9918367777906676

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Apr 2024
Historique:
received: 10 01 2024
accepted: 25 03 2024
medline: 19 4 2024
pubmed: 19 4 2024
entrez: 19 4 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Colors are well studied in bird plumage but not in other integumentary structures. In particular, iridescent colors from structures other than plumage are undescribed in birds. Here, we show that a multilayer of keratin and lipids is sufficient to produce the iridescent bill of

Identifiants

pubmed: 38638835
doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae138
pii: pgae138
pmc: PMC11026107
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

pgae138

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of National Academy of Sciences.

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Auteurs

Michaël P J Nicolaï (MPJ)

Department of Biology, Evolution and Optics of Nanostructures Group, University of Ghent, Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium.
Department of Recent Vertebrates, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

Gerben Debruyn (G)

Department of Biology, Evolution and Optics of Nanostructures Group, University of Ghent, Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium.

Mieke Soenens (M)

Department of Biology, Evolution and Optics of Nanostructures Group, University of Ghent, Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium.

Matthew D Shawkey (MD)

Department of Biology, Evolution and Optics of Nanostructures Group, University of Ghent, Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium.

Liliana D'Alba (L)

Department of Biology, Evolution and Optics of Nanostructures Group, University of Ghent, Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands.

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