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Intracellular photonic crystals in photosynthetic sea slugs form via a kidney-mediated biomineralisation pathway
Samuel A. Humphrey, Xianglian He, Émeline Raguin…·Silvia Vignolini
The paper identifies a novel biomineralisation pathway in photosynthetic sea slugs that produces intracellular photonic crystals via the kidney, resulting in bright colored regions.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.07.723475