Color variation in signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus.

ABSTRACT: External coloration in animals depends on the interaction of several different factors including the genetics and epigenetics processes that underlie the color expression, the mechanisms of color perception, and the general mechanisms controlling color evolution and function. Among all, camouflages from predators and conspicuousness are of particular interest because pose animal to choose between opposite adjustment in coloration. The external coloration of crustaceans is mainly due to the accumulation of carotenoids in the exoskeleton and the epidermal layer, and the trade-off between camouflage and communication had led to a variety of responses, involving signal partitioning, spectral sensibility, changing coloration, or signaling behavior. Here, we used digital images to explore intrap

SUBMITTER: Sacchi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7901764 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature