Characterization and possible function of an enigmatic reflector in the eye of the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Characterization and possible function of an enigmatic reflector in the eye of the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

Published:2020 Issue: Volume:223 Page:278-294
ISSN:1359-6640
Container-title:Faraday Discussions
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Author:

Schiffmann Nathan¹²³⁴,Wormser Eyal Merary⁵⁶⁷⁴,Brumfeld Vlad⁸²³⁴,Addadi Yoseph⁹²³⁴,Pinkas Iddo⁸²³⁴,Yallapragada Venkata Jayasurya¹⁰²³⁴,Aflalo Eliahu D.¹¹⁶⁷⁴¹¹,Sagi Amir¹¹⁶⁷⁴¹²^ORCID,Palmer Benjamin A.¹²³⁴,Weiner Steve¹²³⁴,Addadi Lia¹²³⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Structural Biology

2. Weizmann Institute of Science

3. Rehovot

4. Israel

5. Department of Chemical Engineering

6. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

7. Beer-Sheva

8. Department of Chemical Research Support

9. Department of Life Sciences Core Facilities

10. Department of Physics of Complex Systems

11. Department of Life Sciences

12. The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev

Abstract

We characterize a reflector in the eye of the shrimp L. vannamei, which likely acts as a camouflage device to conceal the eye pigments in a largely transparent animal.

Funder

Israel Science Foundation

H2020 European Research Council

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2020/FD/D0FD00044B

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