Evolutionary BiologyMolecular Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
Functional characterization of luciferase in a brittle star indicates parallel evolution influenced by genomic availability of haloalkane dehalogenase
Emily S. Lau, Marika Majerova, Nicholai M. Hensley…·Todd H. Oakley
The paper identifies the origin of a luciferase gene from haloalkane dehalogenases in brittle stars and shows parallel evolution of bioluminescence across distant species.
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