Firefly genomes illuminate parallel origins of bioluminescence in beetles

TR Fallon, SE Lower, CH Chang, M Bessho-Uehara… - elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Fireflies and their luminous courtships have inspired centuries of scientific study. Today
firefly luciferase is widely used in biotechnology, but the evolutionary origin of …

Organization and comparative analysis of the mitochondrial genomes of bioluminescent Elateroidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga)

DT Amaral, Y Mitani, Y Ohmiya, VR Viviani - Gene, 2016 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial genome organization in the Elateroidea superfamily (Coleoptera), which
include the main families of bioluminescent beetles, has been poorly studied and lacking …

Luciferase from Fulgeochlizus bruchi (Coleoptera:Elateridae), a Brazilian click-beetle with a single abdominal lantern: molecular evolution, biological function and …

DT Amaral, RA Prado, VR Viviani - Photochemical & Photobiological …, 2012 - Springer
Bioluminescent click-beetles emit a wide range of bioluminescence colors (λ Max= 534–594
nm) from thoracic and abdominal lanterns, which are used for courtship. Only the luciferases …

Phylogenomic analyses and divergence time estimation of Elateroidea (Coleoptera) based on RNA-Seq data

DT Amaral, IAS Bonatelli, R Cerri, VR Viviani - … and Physiology Part D …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioluminescence, the emission of visible light in a living organism, is an intriguing
phenomenon observed in different species and environments. In terrestrial organisms, the …

Molecular phylogeny of Neotropical bioluminescent beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) in southern and central Brazil

DT Amaral, FGC Arnoldi, SP Rosa, VR Viviani - Luminescence, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Bioluminescence in beetles is found mainly in the Elateroidea superfamily (Elateridae,
Lampyridae and Phengodidae). The Neotropical region accounts for the richest diversity of …

New species of Elateridae (Coleoptera) from Madre de Dios, Peru, with new taxonomic changes and distribution records

PJ Johnson, HK Boyd, CS Chaboo - 2018 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
Abstract The Elateridae fauna of Peru is updated with species new to science, new country
records and new taxonomic combinations from the Madre de Dios region. Ten species …

Revisiting Coleoptera A+ T-rich region: structural conservation, phylogenetic and phylogeographic approaches in mitochondrial control region of bioluminescent …

DT Amaral, Y Mitani, G Oliveira, Y Ohmiya… - … DNA Part A, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The control region (CR) or A+ T-rich region in Coleoptera mt genome is poorly
characterized, including the Elateroidea bioluminescent species. Here, we provided the first …

Diversidade de baratas (Blattodea: Blattaria) e de besouros bioluminescentes (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Elateridae: Agrypninae: Pyrophorini) em uma floresta …

RA Reis - 2020 - teses.usp.br
Os estudos sobre a diversidade de baratas e besouros bioluminescentes são escassos em
vários biomas, por exemplo, para o Cerrado. Este estudo teve como objetivo inventariar os …

Description of Coctilelater minimus sp. nov.(Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypninae)

SP Rosa - Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
SciELO - Brasil - Description of Coctilelater minimus sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Elateridae,
Agrypninae) Description of Coctilelater minimus sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Elateridae …

[HTML][HTML] Especies nuevas de Elateridae (Coleoptera) de Madre de Dios, Perú, con nuevos cambios taxonómicos y registros de distribución

PJ Johnson, HK Boyd, CS Chaboo - Revista peruana de biología, 2018 - scielo.org.pe
Abstract The Elateridae fauna of Peru is updated with species new to science, new country
records and new taxonomic combinations from the Madre de Dios region. Ten species …