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Nature Photonics 2, 8 - 9 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.259
Bioluminescence: Fireflies revisited
Natalia Nikolaevna Ugarova1
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Natalia Nikolaevna Ugarova is in the Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia.
e-mail: unn@enz.chem.msu.ru
Abstract
A re-examination of firefly bioluminescence has revealed that the efficiency of light generation in fireflies is actually less than half the widely accepted value. The study also casts doubts over the mechanism that determines the colour of the emission.
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