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Uric Acid Spherulites in the Reflector Layer of Firefly Light Organ
BACKGROUND: In firefly light organs, reflector layer is a specialized tissue which is believed to play a key role for increasing the bioluminescence intensity through reflection. However, the nature of this unique tissue remains elusive. In this report, we investigated the role, fine structure and n...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575340/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23441187 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056406 |