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Marine Mystery Solved: Ancient Origins of Bioluminescence Uncovered


Study explores an ancient lineage of marine invertebrates, including soft corals, pushes back the previous oldest dated example of trait by nearly 300 million years. According to a new study by scientists from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, bioluminescence originated in ani

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