DocumentCode
1772430
Title
Artificial selection for structural color on butterfly wings and comparison to natural evolution
Author
Seng Fatt Liew ; Lilien, David ; Heeso Noh ; Hui Cao ; Wasik, Bethany R. ; Dinwiddie, April J. ; Monteiro, A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We evolved violet structural color from brown-colored butterflies over six generations of artificial selection. The mechanism of color generation was identified and found to mimic the natural evolution of violet/blue color in closely related species.
Keywords
biomimetics; evolution (biological); artificial selection; biomimicry; brown-colored butterfly wings; natural evolution; species; violet structural color; Color; Evolution (biology); Image color analysis; Optical reflection; Optical variables measurement; Reflectivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989953
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