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Chameleons change colour mainly by actively tuning the spacing of guanine nanocrystals in skin cells called iridophores.
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Is it true that Chameleons change colour mainly by actively tuning the spacing of guanine nanocrystals in skin cells called iridophores?
Yes. Two peer-reviewed items (the same 2015 Nature Communications paper) report that chameleons shift colour through active tuning of a lattice of guanine nanocrystals within dermal iridophores, directly matching the claim.
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Photonic crystals cause active colour change in chameleons. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7368
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J, T., SV, S., D, v. d. M., & MC, M. (2015). Photonic crystals cause active colour change in chameleons.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7368
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