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Spiders fluoresce variably across many taxa

The evolution of fluorescence is largely unexplored, despite the newfound occurrence of this phenomenon in a variety of organisms. We document that spiders fluoresce under ultraviolet illumination, and find that the expression of this trait varies greatly among taxa in this species-rich group. All s...

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Autores principales: Andrews, Kindra, Reed, Scott M, Masta, Susan E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2104643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17412670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0016