Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds

2010/01/27 by Fucheng Zhang, Stuart L. Kearns, Stuart Kearns +6 · 14 citations
Computer Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Optical measurement and interference techniques #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

paper · doi:10.1038/nature08740

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