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Published Online November 13, 2003
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1089803

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Submitted on July 30, 2003
Accepted on September 19, 2003

Fluorescent Enhancement of Signaling in a Mantis Shrimp

C. H. Mazel 1*, T. W. Cronin 2, R. L. Caldwell 3, N. J. Marshall 4

1 Physical Sciences Incorporated, 20 New England Business Center, Andover, MA 01810, USA.
2 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
3 Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
4 Vision, Touch, and Hearing Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mazel{at}psicorp.com.

A mantis shrimp uses a bright yellow fluorescence signal to scare predators and for territorial displays.


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