The Evolution Of Colouration And Opsins In Tarantulas
S. Foley, V. Saranathan, W. H. Piel
This study investigates the evolution of coloration and opsins in tarantulas, finding green coloration evolved multiple times and is linked to arboreality, while blue coloration may be ancestral and involved in sexual selection.
bioRxiv · Apr 25, 2020Evolutionary Biology