The Covert World of Fish Biofluorescence: A Phylogenetically Widespread and Phenotypically Variable Phenomenon
Sparks JS, Schelly RC, Smith WL, Davis MP, Tchernov D, Pieribone VA, Gruber DF. The Covert World of Fish Biofluorescence: A Phylogenetically Widespread and Phenotypically Variable Phenomenon. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e83259. PMID: 24421880, PMCID: PMC3885428, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFluorescent proteinCoral reef fishesRay-finned fishesNovel fluorescent proteinsColor vision capabilitiesFish lineagesAnimal treeMarine lineagesPhylogenetic distributionEvolutionary historyBony fishIntraspecific communicationLineagesExperimental biologyPhenotypic variabilityFishProteinBiofluorescenceCurrent understandingSpeciesCnidariansGenusDiscoveryBiologyTrees