Hawaiian Bobtail Squid (IMAGE)

Penn State

Hawaiian Bobtail Squid

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Hawaiian bobtail squid. Two genetic factors that control the expression of a key gene required by the luminescent bacteria that inhabit the squid's light organs to kill competing bacterial cells have been identified.

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Nate Follmer, Penn State

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