Bioluminescence : : Living Lights, Lights for Living /

Bioluminescence : : Living Lights, Lights for Living / / Thérèse Wilson.

Bioluminescence is everywhere on earth-most of all in the ocean, from angler fish in the depths to the flashing of dinoflagellates at the surface. Here, Thérèse Wilson and Woody Hastings explore the natural history, evolution, and biochemistry of the diverse array of organisms that emit light. While...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013
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Wilson, Thérèse,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.) :; 74 color illustrations, 3 halftones, 11 line illustrations, 6 graphs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • BIOLUMINESCENCE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Part one: FIVE DIFFERENT BIOLUMINESCENCE SYSTEMS
  • Chapter one. A MARINE CRUSTACEAN
  • Chapter two. JELLYFISH AND GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN
  • Chapter three. FIREFLIES AND OTHER BEETLES
  • Chapter four. DINOFLAGELLATES AND KRILL
  • Chapter five. BACTERIA
  • Part two. DIVERSITY, FUNCTIONS , AND EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF BIOLUMINESCENCE
  • Chapter six. SHORT ACCOUNTS OF OTHER LUMINOUS ORGANISMS
  • chapter seven BIOLUMINESCENCE IN THE OCEANS
  • chapter eight THE MANY FUNCTIONS OF BIOLUMINESCENCE
  • chapter nine THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF BIOLUMINESCENCE
  • Part three. BOOKENDS
  • Chapter ten. APPLICATIONS
  • Chapter eleven. HOW DOES LIFE MAKE LIGHT?
  • GLOSSARY
  • FURTHER READING
  • ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
  • INDEX

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