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Tarantula's Blue Hue Not Driven by Sex (3 of 4)

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Tarantula's Blue Hue Not Driven by Sex (3 of 4)

image: A front view shot of a critically endangered gooty sapphire ornamental tarantula (P. metallica) and its reflection. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 27, 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by B.-K. Hsiung at The University of Akron in Akron, OH, and colleagues was titled, 'Blue reflectance in tarantulas is evolutionarily conserved despite nanostructural diversity.' view more 

Credit: [Credit: Michael Kern, www.thegardensofeden.org]


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