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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zimmer, Marc, author.
Bioluminescence : nature and science at work / by Marc Zimmer.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4677-5784-3 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4677-8800-7 (ebook PDF)
1. Bioluminescence. 2. Green fluorescent protein. I. Title.
QH641.Z56 2016
572’.4358—dc23
2014025675
Manufactured in the United States of America
1 – PC – 7/15/15
TO My PArENTS AND ALL THE rEADErS OF THiS BOOk,
MAy yOu ALwAyS APPrECiATE NATurE’S LiGHTS.
–M. Z.
COVEr: Dragonfish are
bioluminescent deep-sea
creatures. They have a
glowing red photophore
(light organ) underneath
the eye that helps them see
potential prey, which cannot
actually see the color red.
