https://www.europesays.com/africa/346003/ Africa’s ‘Spider-Man’ Lizard Can Change Color In Seconds — A Herpetologist Explains #Africa #AgamaMwanzae #AgamidLizardBehavior #chromatophores #ColorChangingLizard #LizardColorChange #MwanzaFlatHeadedRockAgama #RockAgamaMatingBehavior #SexualSelectionLizards #SpiderManAgama #WhyDoLizardsChangeColor
#chromatophores — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #chromatophores, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/464591/ Mimic Octopus: Meet the mimic Octopus that can impersonate over 13 creatures to escape predators and hunt prey #chromatophores #Éire #IE #Ireland #MarineBiology #MimicOctopus #OctopusCamouflage #Science #SpeciesImpersonation #Wildlife
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The High Energetic Costs Of Changing Colors In Octopus, study out of Walla Walla University, published by PNAS
#octopus🐙 #colors #physiology #metabolism #chromatophores #camouflage #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/11/26/the-high-energetic-costs-of-changing-colors-in-octopus/
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The High Energetic Costs Of Changing Colors In Octopus, study out of Walla Walla University, published by PNAS
#octopus🐙 #colors #physiology #metabolism #chromatophores #camouflage #SciComm🧪 https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/11/26/the-high-energetic-costs-of-changing-colors-in-octopus/
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From bands to spots, the secrets of the leopard #gecko's skin
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-bands-secrets-leopard-gecko-skin.htmlThe dynamic behavior of chromatophores marks the transition from bands to spots in leopard #geckos https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2400486121
"while all three types of #chromatophores are present in juveniles, the iridophores disappear after a few months, and this period coincides with the transition from bands to spots"
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Our study on the functional conservation of alphaproteobacterial Mic60 is out in Current Biology! This is consistent with the origin of mitochondrial cristae from alphaproteobacterial ICMs. Free access here: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1gl4Z3QW8S2PcF
#mitochondria #cristae #purplebacteria #chromatophores #icms #symbiosis #eukaryogenesis #alphaproteobacteria #bioenergetics -
Ars Technica: Squid skin inspires novel “liquid windows” for greater energy savings https://arstechnica.com/?p=1914482 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #energyandenvironment #chromatophores #thermodynamics #optofluidics #biomimicry #Science #animals #Biology #Physics #science #Squid
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Squid skin inspires novel “liquid windows” for greater energy savings - Enlarge / Artist's impression of a "liquid window' prototype inspired b... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1914482 #energyandenvironment #chromatophores #thermodynamics #optofluidics #biomimicry #science #animals #biology #physics #squid