Resurrecting the ancient glow
Y. Oba, K. Konishi, D. Yano, H. Shibata, D.-i. Kato, T. Shirai
This study reconstructs ancestral firefly luciferase genes and finds the last common ancestor emitted green light, likely for aposematic display.
bioRxiv · Sep 23, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology