Highlights•Phylogenomics of elateroid beetles revealed evolution of beetle
bioluminescence.•Six bioluminescent beetle genome assemblies have been …

Fireflies and their luminous courtships have inspired centuries of scientific study. Today
firefly luciferase is widely used in biotechnology, but the evolutionary origin of …

Eukaryotic genomes show tremendous size variation across taxa. Proximate explanations
for genome size variation include differences in ploidy and amounts of noncoding DNA …

Bioluminescence, the emission of light by living organisms, is a captivating and widespread
phenomenon with diverse ecological functions. This comprehensive review explores the …

Eukaryotic genome size data are important both as the basis for comparative research into
genome evolution and as estimators of the cost and difficulty of genome sequencing …

Extreme environments, such as subterranean habitats, are suspected to be responsible for
morphologically inseparable cryptic or sibling species and can bias biodiversity assessment …

Sexual dimorphism arises because of divergent fitness optima between the sexes.
Phenotypic divergence between sexes can range from mild to extreme. Fireflies …

Simple Summary The nocturnal firefly Pyrocoelia pectoralis is an endemic and endangered
species in China. To more fully understand the role of sexual dimorphism and the evolution …

Sexual differentiation, dimorphism, and courtship behavior are the downstream
developmental programs of the sex determination cascade. The sex determination cascade …

Among the subfamilies of Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae sensu lato (sl) includes 6000 species
distributed in 43 tribes. Approximately 100 of these species were cytogenetically analyzed …