Segmenting biological specimens from photos to understand the evolution of UV plumage in passerine birds
Y. He, C. R. Cooney, Z. K. Varley, L. O. Nouri, C. J. A. Moody, M. D. Jardine, S. Maddock, G. H. Thomas
The paper develops a deep learning segmentation pipeline to analyze UV plumage in passerine birds, finding widespread UV reflectance and its association with light environment and visual system sensitivity.
bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology