Fruit flies have latent bioluminescence, study shows
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 11:01
in Biology & Nature
A synthetic luciferin developed by scientists shows that fruit flies are secretly harboring the biochemistry needed to glow in the dark -- otherwise known as bioluminescence. This discovery expands the scope of bioluminescence imaging for research, and adds new tools for the noninvasive studying of ongoing biological processes.