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The current and future state of animal coloration research.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 5 Jul 2017
Endler John A, Mappes Johanna
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Animal colour patterns are a model system for understanding evolution because they are unusually accessible for study and experimental manipulation. This is possible because their functions are readily identifiable. In this final paper of the symposium we provide a diagram of the processes affecting colour patterns and use this to summarize their functions and put the other papers in a broad context. This allows...
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