• 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