• Firefly genomes illuminate parallel origins of bioluminescence in beetles 

      Fallon, Timothy R; Lower, Sarah E.; Chang, Ching-Ho; Bessho-Uehara, Manabu; Martin, Gavin J.; Bewick, Adam J.; Behringer, Megan; Debat, Humberto Julio; Wong, Isaac; Day, John C.; Suvorov, Anton; Silva, Christian J.; Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Hall, David W.; Schmitz, Robert J.; Nelson, David R.; Lewis, Sara M.; Shigenobu, Shuji; Bybee, Seth M; Larracuente, Amanda M.; Oba, Yuichi; Weng, Jing-Ke (eLife Sciences Publications, 2018-10-16)
      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. ...