Author: Munro Fox, H. & Gwynne Vevers:
Title: The Nature of Animal Colours;
Description: London, Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, 1960 1st Ed., hard cover blue cloth bds, VG, clipped but still priced dust jacket, a little fading in places, spine faded, small closed tear and crease to top middle of rear edge, no names etc..., lovely bright colour frontis., contents fine and tight with colour plates and b/w illustrations, pp246. Studying animal colours from physical, chemical and physiological standpoints. "The history of research on each pigment is outlined and all important recent advances are included for the melanins, ommochromes, carotenoproteins, visual pigments, haemoglobins, porphyrins, bilins, aphins, pterins etc..."

Keywords: animal colours biology melanin sclerotin ommochromes tyrian purple carotenoids haemoglovin chlorocruorin haemochromogens porphyrins bilins quinone pigments guanine pterins flavins haemovanadin


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