Firefly genomes illuminate parallel origins of bioluminescence in beetles

Fireflies and their luminous courtships have inspired centuries of scientific study. Today firefly luciferase is widely used in biotechnology, but the evolutionary origin of bioluminescence within beetles remains unclear. To shed light on this long-standing question, we sequenced the genomes of two...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fallon, Timothy R, Weng, Jing-Ke
Other Authors: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124645