The Covert World of Fish Biofluorescence: A Phylogenetically Widespread and Phenotypically Variable Phenomenon
dc.contributor.author | Sparks, John S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Schelly, Robert C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, William Leo | |
dc.contributor.author | Davis, Matthew P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tchernov, Dan | |
dc.contributor.author | Pieribone, Vincent A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gruber, David F. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-20T14:59:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-20T14:59:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-01-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sparks, J. S., Schelly, R. C., Smith, W. L., Davis, M. P., Tchernov, D., Pieribone, V. A., & Gruber, D. F. (2014). The Covert World of Fish Biofluorescence: A Phylogenetically Widespread and Phenotypically Variable Phenomenon. PLoS ONE, 9(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083259 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13287 | |
dc.description.abstract | The discovery of fluorescent proteins has revolutionized experimental biology. Whereas the majority of fluorescent proteins have been identified from cnidarians, recently several fluorescent proteins have been isolated across the animal tree of life. Here we show that biofluorescence is not only phylogenetically widespread, but is also phenotypically variable across both cartilaginous and bony fishes, highlighting its evolutionary history and the possibility for discovery of numerous novel fluorescent proteins. Fish biofluorescence is especially common and morphologically variable in cryptically patterned coral-reef lineages. We identified 16 orders, 50 families, 105 genera, and more than 180 species of biofluorescent fishes. We have also reconstructed our current understanding of the phylogenetic distribution of biofluorescence for ray-finned fishes. The presence of yellow long-pass intraocular filters in many biofluorescent fish lineages and the substantive color vision capabilities of coral-reef fishes suggest that they are capable of detecting fluoresced light. We present species-specific emission patterns among closely related species, indicating that biofluorescence potentially functions in intraspecific communication and evidence that fluorescence can be used for camouflage. This research provides insight into the distribution, evolution, and phenotypic variability of biofluorescence in marine lineages and examines the role this variation may play. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the American Museum of Natural History, City University of New York, National Science Foundation grants DEB-0444842, IOS-0749943, and DEB-1258141 to JSS, MCB-0920572 and DRL-1007747 to DFG, DEB-0732642 and DEB-1060869 to WLS, DEB-1257555 and DEB-1258141 to MPD, WLS, and JSS, National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants U24NS057631 and R01NS083875 to VAP and National Geographic Waitt Grants #W101-10 to DFG and #W214-12 to JSS. | |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | |
dc.rights | ©2014 Sparks et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Animal phylogenetics | |
dc.subject | Chrondrichthyes | |
dc.subject | Fluorescence | |
dc.subject | Fluorescence imaging | |
dc.subject | Marine biology | |
dc.subject | Marine environments | |
dc.subject | Marine fish | |
dc.subject | Oceans | |
dc.title | The Covert World of Fish Biofluorescence: A Phylogenetically Widespread and Phenotypically Variable Phenomenon | |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Smith, W. Leo | |
kusw.kuauthor | Davis, Matthew P. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Biodiversity Institute | |
kusw.oastatus | fullparticipation | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0083259 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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