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Bioluminescence: Living Lights, Lights for Living
Thérèse Wilson
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Description for Bioluminescence: Living Lights, Lights for Living
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 208 pages, 74 color illustrations, 3 halftones, 11 line illustrations, 6 graphs. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 720.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674067165
SKU
V9780674067165
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99-1
About Thérèse Wilson
Thérèse Wilson (1925–2014) was Senior Research Associate Emerita in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. J. Woodland Hastings (1927–2014) was Paul C. Mangelsdorf Research Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University.
Reviews for Bioluminescence: Living Lights, Lights for Living
Wilson and Hastings provide an exceptional, scholarly, clear treatment of bioluminescence.
J. N. Muzio
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Wilson and Hastings have given us a masterful biology lesson showing how addressing a seemingly simple question—how do different organisms produce light?—leads to fascinating natural history, intriguing ecology, and exciting biochemistry. They show how the study of bioluminescence has given us new ... Read more
J. N. Muzio
Choice
Wilson and Hastings have given us a masterful biology lesson showing how addressing a seemingly simple question—how do different organisms produce light?—leads to fascinating natural history, intriguing ecology, and exciting biochemistry. They show how the study of bioluminescence has given us new ... Read more