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  Fig. S1. Shell colouration of selected tank-reared lobsters. (A) Lobsters representing the extremes of L*a*b* colour values from each treatment tank in the first experiment demonstrating that some animals underwent a colour change that rivalled the Red to White transition both visually and using colorimeter data. (B) Similarly, in the second experiment, shell colour from selected tank-reared lobsters was comparable with that of wild-caught Red and White lobsters both visually and using colorimeter data. A 1^.cm scale bar is shown at the top left of the figure and applies to all images. DL, dark tank, low carotenoid diet; LL, light tank, low carotenoid diet; DH, dark tank, high carotenoid diet; LH, light tank high carotenoid diet; R, red; W, white.

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  Fig. S2. Peak area charts for RP-HPLC analysis of shell and hypodermis from selected tank-reared lobsters. (A) Individual RP-HPLC peak areas of carotenoids extracted from shells of tank-reared Reds and Whites. (B) Carotenoid extracts from hypodermal tissue contained 15 separate RP-HPLC peaks as was found with wild-caught animals in previous studies (Wade et al., 2005). A number of peaks increased as a result of dietary carotenoid supplementation, in particular unidentified carotenoid peak 8 and esterified astaxanthin derivatives that form peaks 12−15. DL, dark tank, low carotenoid diet; LL, light tank, low carotenoid diet; DH, dark tank, high carotenoid diet; LH, light tank high carotenoid diet; R, red; W, white.

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