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SUBMITTER: How MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5474490 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
How Martin J MJ Norman Mark D MD Finn Julian J Chung Wen-Sung WS Marshall N Justin NJ
Frontiers in physiology 20170619
Cephalopods are unrivaled in the natural world in their ability to alter their visual appearance. These mollusks have evolved a complex system of dermal units under neural, hormonal, and muscular control to produce an astonishing variety of body patterns. With parallels to the pixels on a television screen, cephalopod chromatophores can be coordinated to produce dramatic, dynamic, and rhythmic displays, defined collectively here as "dynamic patterns." This study examines the nature, context, and ...[more]