Bioluminescence Living Lights, Lights for Living

Name: Bioluminescence Living Lights, Lights for Living
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ISBN: 9780674067165

ISBN-10: 0674067169

ISBN-13: 9780674067165

Edition: 2013

Authors: Thï¿½rï¿½se Wilson, J. Woodland Hastings

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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 some bacteria, mushrooms, and invertebrates, as well as fish, are bioluminescent, other vertebrates and plants are not. The sporadic distribution and paucity of luminous forms calls for explanation, as does the fact that unrelated groups evolved completely different biochemical pathways to luminescence. The authors explore the hypothesis that many different luciferase systems arose in the early…

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List price: $59.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/4/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English

ThÃ©rÃ¨se Wilson was Senior Research Associate Emerita in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University.J. Woodland Hastings is Paul C. Mangelsdorf Research Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Five Different Bioluminescence Systems



A Marine Crustacean


Bioluminescent fishes as plagiarists and thieves



Jellyfish and Green Fluorescent Protein


A soft coral, a calcium-sensitive protein, and fish with related bioluminescence systems



Fireflies and Other Beetles


Luciferase-dependent bioluminescence color and rhythmic displays



Dinoflagellates and Krill


The sparkling clocks of the oceans and bioluminescent shrimp



Bacteria


Bacterial "communication," symbioses, and milky seas



Diversity, Functions, and Evolutionary Origins of Bioluminescence



Short Accounts of Other Luminous Organisms


Having different and not well-characterized biochemistries



Bioluminescence in the Oceans


Anglerfish, dragonfish, and a Lake Baikal parenthesis



The Many Functions of Bioluminescence


Defense, offense, communication, and propagation



The Origins and Evolution of Bioluminescence


How did luciferases originate?



Bookends



Applications


Tools for biology, medicine, and public health



How Does Life Make Light?


"Excited molecules" and bioluminescence


Glossary


Further Reading


Illustration Credits


Index