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Bioluminescence : living lights, lights for living / Therese Wilson, J. Woodland Hastings.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (185 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674068025
  • 9780674071919
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QH641 .B565 2013
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Contents:
part 2. Diversity, functions, and evolutionary origins of bioluminescence -- part 3. Bookends.
Subject: Bioluminescence is everywhere on earth, most of all in the ocean, from angler fish in the depths to flashing dinoflagellates at the surface. Wilson and Hastings explore the natural history, evolution, and biochemistry of the diverse array of organisms that emit light and offer an evolutionary explanation for their sporadic distribution and rarity.
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part 1. Five different bioluminescence systems -- part 2. Diversity, functions, and evolutionary origins of bioluminescence -- part 3. Bookends.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Bioluminescence is everywhere on earth, most of all in the ocean, from angler fish in the depths to flashing dinoflagellates at the surface. Wilson and Hastings explore the natural history, evolution, and biochemistry of the diverse array of organisms that emit light and offer an evolutionary explanation for their sporadic distribution and rarity.

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