Sentence examples for different colouration from inspiring English sources

If behaviour alters distribution to maximize camouflage (minimize risk) against their background then it could be expected that fish with different colouration would have differing behaviour strategies to minimize predation risk by positioning themselves in the position of lowest average contrast [49].

The results showed crosstalk between the flavonoid biosynthetic genes and the involvement of key transcription factors such as McMYB4, McMYB7, McMYB10, and McMYB16 in the regulation of the ratio of anthocyanins and flavanols, which accounted for the different colouration of the fruit peel and flesh under shade conditions.

Juvenile oscars have a different colouration from adults, and are striped with white and orange wavy bands and have spotted heads.

The two forms were previously thought to be separate species, but 2008 research determined they were the same species with different colouration.

The island is far enough from the mainland that gene flow is likely to have been minimal, a possibility that is supported by the slightly different colouration of birds compared to the mainland [27].

As a result of the microstructural changes in both the nanoparticles and matrix, surface plasmon resonance effect was successfully enhanced and different colourations were obtained in the coatings.

The washcloths have been dyed at two different colour intensities as the initial dark colouration not only appeared too strongly coloured but also consumed significantly larger amounts of dyes relative to the more weakly coloured (and thus more economical) washcloth (Fig. 2).

Heinsohn et al. (2005), for example, explored the reasons for a strikingly different plumage colouration in the Eclectus roratus parrot and found different selection pressures acting on males and females, attributed to sex-based differences in their lifestyle.

When first described, Uca capricornis was believed to be 2 distinct species: U. capricornis and U. pavo, based on the extreme difference in colouration between males of different sizes [34].

Indeed, differences in infection severity can alter background 'healthy leaf' colouration and different fungal strains can give rise to different levels of melanisation within a lesion, so affecting lesion appearance.

Eight Bengals, submitted as charcoal in colouration, had different haplotype combinations.