The covert world of fish biofluorescence: A phylogenetically widespread and phenotypically variable phenomenon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sparks, John S ^a   Schelly, Robert C ^a   Smith, W Leo ^b   Davis, Matthew P ^b   Tchernov, Dan ^c   Pieribone, Vincent A ^a,d   Gruber, David F ^a,e  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIOFLUORESCENCE; COLOR VISION; CORAL REEF; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EVOLUTION; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CORAL REEFS; FISHES; FLUORESCENCE; MELANESIA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84897448052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083259     Document Type: Article

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