The Most Horsefly-proof Horse Has a Depolarizing White Coat

Gábor HORVÁTH, Miklós BLAHÓ, György KRISKA, Ramón HEGEDÜS, Balázs GERICS, Róbert FARKAS, Susanne AKESSON (2010) An unexpected advantage of whiteness in horses: The most horsefly-proof horse has a depolarizing white coat. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 277: 1643-1650

 

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