Article
The covert world of fish biofluorescence: a phylogenetically widespread and phenotypically variable phenomenon.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Sparks John S, Schelly Robert C, Smith W Leo, Davis Matthew P, Tchernov Dan, Pieribone Vincent A, Gruber David F
Abstract excerpt
The discovery of fluorescent proteins has revolutionized experimental biology. Whereas the majority of fluorescent proteins have been identified from cnidarians, recently several fluorescent proteins have been isolated across the animal tree of life. Here we show that biofluorescence is not only phylogenetically widespread, but is also phenotypically variable across both cartilaginous and bony fishes,...
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