CCD imaging of basal bioluminescence in larval fireflies: Clues on the anatomic origin and evolution of bioluminescence

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 448-452

  Viviani, V R ^a,b   Okawachi, F M ^a   Scorsato, V ^a   Abdalla, F C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOROCABA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; LUCIFERASE;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COLOR; CUTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FAT BODY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FIREFLY; IMAGING; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; LIGHT; MOLTING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); SCLEROSIS;

COLEOPTERA; CRATOMORPHUS; LAMPYRIDAE;

EID: 41749100827     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b718016k     Document Type: Article

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