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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

As Many Exceptions As Rules: The Colors of Alien Plants

As Many Exceptions As Rules: The Colors of Alien Plants: Biology concepts – photosynthesis, chlorophyll, pigmentation, astrobiology, exoplanet, dormancy The King Crimson Norway Maple in our ...

I ran across this on researchblogging.org. Nice simple explanation of chlorophylls and other pigments. Also its the first I've heard of chlorophyll d and its role as the primary light harvesting pigment in cyanobacteria. Is this really true, or is there some controversy that the author is omitting?

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