Published in iScience · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers have identified a previously unknown family of small-molecule metabolites responsible for the bright green color in sharks' skin, which may also aid in identifying other sharks and fighting microbial infections. The discovery opens new questions about the potential functions of biofluorescence in shark biology.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- These sharks use unique molecules to glow green Cell Press · Aug 8, 2019 · first to report
- These sharks glow in the dark thanks to a newly identified kind of marine biofluorescence The City University of New York · Aug 9, 2019