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Species-specific bioluminescence facilitates speciation in the deep sea

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Author	Davis, Matthew P. Holcroft, Nancy I. Wiley, Edward O. Sparks, John S. Smith, W. Leo
Abstract	The vast darkness of the deep sea is an environment with few obvious genetic isolating barriers, and little is known regarding the macroevolutionary processes that have shaped present-day biodiversity in this habitat. Bioluminescence, the production and emission of light from a living organism through a chemical reaction, is thought to occur in approximately 80 % of the eukaryotic life that inhabits the deep sea (water depth greater than 200 m). In this study, we show, for the first time, that deep-sea fishes that possess species-specific bioluminescent structures (e.g., lanternfishes, dragonfishes) are diversifying into new species at a more rapid rate than deep-sea fishes that utilize bioluminescence in ways that would not promote isolation of populations (e.g., camouflage, predation). This work adds to our understanding of how life thrives and evolution shaped present-day biodiversity in the deep sea, the largest and arguably least explored habitat on earth.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-014-2406-x
Ending Page	1148
Page Count	10
Starting Page	1139
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00253162
e-ISSN	14321793
Journal	Marine Biology
Issue Number	5
Volume Number	161
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2014-05-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Subject Keyword	Ecology Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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