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From extraocular photoreception to pigment movement regulation: a new control mechanism of the lanternshark luminescence
The velvet belly lanternshark, Etmopterus spinax, uses counterillumination to disappear in the surrounding blue light of its marine environment. This shark displays hormonally controlled bioluminescence in which melatonin (MT) and prolactin (PRL) trigger light emission, while α-melanocyte-stimulatin...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7311519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32576969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67287-w |