001479186 000__ 06167nam\a22008775i\4500 001479186 001__ 1479186 001479186 003__ DE-B1597 001479186 005__ 20231026035015.0 001479186 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479186 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479186 008__ 210830t20132013mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479186 019__ $$a(OCoLC)840437407 001479186 020__ $$a9780674068025 001479186 0247_ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674068025$$2doi 001479186 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)177978 001479186 035__ $$a(OCoLC)827236444 001479186 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479186 0410_ $$aeng 001479186 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001479186 050_4 $$aQH641$$b.W55 2013 001479186 072_7 $$aSCI007000$$2bisacsh 001479186 08204 $$a572/.4358$$223 001479186 1001_ $$aWilson, Thérèse, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001479186 24510 $$aBioluminescence :$$bLiving Lights, Lights for Living /$$cThérèse Wilson. 001479186 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2013] 001479186 264_4 $$c©2013 001479186 300__ $$a1 online resource (176 p.) :$$b74 color illustrations, 3 halftones, 11 line illustrations, 6 graphs 001479186 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479186 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479186 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479186 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479186 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tCONTENTS -- $$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $$tBIOLUMINESCENCE -- $$tINTRODUCTION -- $$tPart one: FIVE DIFFERENT BIOLUMINESCENCE SYSTEMS -- $$tChapter one. A MARINE CRUSTACEAN -- $$tChapter two. JELLYFISH AND GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN -- $$tChapter three. FIREFLIES AND OTHER BEETLES -- $$tChapter four. DINOFLAGELLATES AND KRILL -- $$tChapter five. BACTERIA -- $$tPart two. DIVERSITY, FUNCTIONS , AND EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF BIOLUMINESCENCE -- $$tChapter six. SHORT ACCOUNTS OF OTHER LUMINOUS ORGANISMS -- $$tchapter seven BIOLUMINESCENCE IN THE OCEANS -- $$tchapter eight THE MANY FUNCTIONS OF BIOLUMINESCENCE -- $$tchapter nine THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF BIOLUMINESCENCE -- $$tPart three. BOOKENDS -- $$tChapter ten. APPLICATIONS -- $$tChapter eleven. HOW DOES LIFE MAKE LIGHT? -- $$tGLOSSARY -- $$tFURTHER READING -- $$tILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- $$tINDEX 001479186 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479186 520__ $$aBioluminescence is everywhere on earth-most of all in the ocean, from angler fish in the depths to the flashing of dinoflagellates at the surface. Here, Thérèse Wilson and Woody Hastings explore the natural history, evolution, and biochemistry of the diverse array of organisms that emit light. While some bacteria, mushrooms, and invertebrates, as well as fish, are bioluminescent, other vertebrates and plants are not. The sporadic distribution and paucity of luminous forms calls for explanation, as does the fact that unrelated groups evolved completely different biochemical pathways to luminescence. The authors explore the hypothesis that many different luciferase systems arose in the early evolution of life because of their ability to remove oxygen, which was toxic to life when it first appeared on earth. As oxygen became abundant and bioluminescence was no longer adequate for oxygen removal, other antioxidant mechanisms evolved and most luminous species became extinct. Those light-emitting species that avoided extinction evolved uses with survival value for the light itself. Today's luminous organisms use bioluminescence for defense from predators, for their own predatory purposes, or for communication in sexual courtship. Bioluminescence was earlier viewed as a fascinating feature of the living world, but one whose study seemed unlikely to contribute in any practical way. Today, bioluminescence is no longer an esoteric area of research. Applications are numerous, ranging from the rapid detection of microbial contamination in beef and water, to finding the location of cancer cells, to working out circuitry in the brain. 001479186 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001479186 546__ $$aIn English. 001479186 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. 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