When grown in ordinary garden soil and watered normally, a plant engineered to express green fluorescent protein will glow in the dark,whereas a plant engineered to express firefly luciferase  will not. Explainthese observations.

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When grown in ordinary garden soil and watered normally, a plant engineered to express green fluorescent protein will glow in the dark,
whereas a plant engineered to express firefly luciferase  will not. Explain
these observations.

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