![An illustration of a female Doryteuthis opalescens squid that switches a white stripe on its mantle from nearly transparent (left) to opaque white (right). (Inset, left) An illustration of a cross-section of the white stripe that shows the epidermis, chromatophore layer, leucophore layer, and underlying muscle. (Inset, middle left) An illustration of a leucophore, wherein the membrane contains an embedded arrangement of proteinaceous structures called leucosomes. The arrangement enables the cell to diffusely reflect, i.e. scatter, visible light. (Inset, middle right) An illustration of a leucosome, which contains assembled reflectin proteins. (Inset, right) A generalized illustration of a reflectin isoform.[1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Leucophore_layer_composition.svg)
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An illustration of a female Doryteuthis opalescens squid that switches a white stripe on its mantle from nearly transparent (left) to opaque white (right). (Inset, left) An illustration of a cross-section of the white stripe that shows the epidermis, chromatophore layer, leucophore layer, and underlying muscle. (Inset, middle left) An illustration of a leucophore, wherein the membrane contains an embedded arrangement of proteinaceous structures called leucosomes. The arrangement enables the cell to diffusely reflect, i.e. scatter, visible light. (Inset, middle right) An illustration of a leucosome, which contains assembled reflectin proteins. (Inset, right) A generalized illustration of a reflectin isoform.[1] |
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| Author | Atrouli Chatterjee, Juana Alejandra Cerna Sanchez, Toyohiko Yamauchi, Vanessa Taupin, Justin Couvrette & Alon A. Gorodetsky |
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