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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
