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Earth Magazine (Sun 1 Jan, 2012)
Ocean Organisms' Light-making Machinery Explained
Staff quoted: Allen Place
Last fall, crowds gathered along the California shore near San Diego after nightfall to watch the surf. With each crashing wave, the water took on a spectacular blue-green glow, invoking "oohs" and "aahs" from the onlookers. The effect was triggered by the disturbance of massive amounts of tiny organisms called dinoflagellates. Now, scientists have found a gene that controls the physical process that generates the light show in dinoflagellates. The findings, they say, could one day have medical implications for humans.