Firefly (English Wikipedia)

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Owens, Avalon Celeste Stevahn; Meyer-Rochow, Victor Benno; Yang, En-Cheng (7 February 2018). "Short- and mid-wavelength artificial light influences the flash signals of Aquatica ficta fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". PLOS ONE. 13 (2): e0191576. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1391576O. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0191576. PMC 5802884. PMID 29415023.
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Martin, Gavin J.; Branham, Marc A.; Whiting, Michael F.; Bybee, Seth M. (February 2017). "Total evidence phylogeny and the evolution of adult bioluminescence in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107: 564–575. Bibcode:2017MolPE.107..564M. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.017. PMID 27998815.
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Oba, Y.; Konishi, K.; Yano, D.; Shibata, H.; Kato, D.; Shirai, T. (December 2020). "Resurrecting the ancient glow of the fireflies". Science Advances. 6 (49): eabc5705. Bibcode:2020SciA....6.5705O. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abc5705. PMC 7710365. PMID 33268373.
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Owens, Avalon Celeste Stevahn; Meyer-Rochow, Victor Benno; Yang, En-Cheng (7 February 2018). "Short- and mid-wavelength artificial light influences the flash signals of Aquatica ficta fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". PLOS ONE. 13 (2): e0191576. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1391576O. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0191576. PMC 5802884. PMID 29415023.
Owens, Avalon C. S.; Lewis, Sara M. (2021). "Effects of artificial light on growth, development, and dispersal of two North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Journal of Insect Physiology. 130: 104200. Bibcode:2021JInsP.13004200O. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104200. PMID 33607160. S2CID 231969942.
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Eisner, Thomas; Wiemer, David; Haynes, Leroy; Meinwald, Jerrold (1978). "Lucibufagins: Defensive steroids from the fireflies Photinus ignitus and P. marginellus (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". PNAS. 75 (2): 905–908. Bibcode:1978PNAS...75..905E. doi:10.1073/pnas.75.2.905. PMC 411366. PMID 16592501.
Fu, Xinhua; Zhu, Xinlei (5 March 2024). "Key homeobox transcription factors regulate the development of the firefly's adult light organ and bioluminescence". Nature Communications. 15 (1): 1736. Bibcode:2024NatCo..15.1736F. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-45559-7. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 10914744. PMID 38443352.
Oba, Y.; Konishi, K.; Yano, D.; Shibata, H.; Kato, D.; Shirai, T. (December 2020). "Resurrecting the ancient glow of the fireflies". Science Advances. 6 (49): eabc5705. Bibcode:2020SciA....6.5705O. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abc5705. PMC 7710365. PMID 33268373.
Fallon, Candace E.; Walker, Anna C.; Lewis, Sara; et al. (17 November 2021). "Evaluating firefly extinction risk: Initial red list assessments for North America". PLOS One. 16 (11): e0259379. Bibcode:2021PLoSO..1659379F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0259379. PMC 8598072. PMID 34788329.
Owens, Avalon Celeste Stevahn; Meyer-Rochow, Victor Benno; Yang, En-Cheng (7 February 2018). "Short- and mid-wavelength artificial light influences the flash signals of Aquatica ficta fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". PLOS ONE. 13 (2): e0191576. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1391576O. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0191576. PMC 5802884. PMID 29415023.
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Fu, Xinhua; Zhu, Xinlei (5 March 2024). "Key homeobox transcription factors regulate the development of the firefly's adult light organ and bioluminescence". Nature Communications. 15 (1): 1736. Bibcode:2024NatCo..15.1736F. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-45559-7. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 10914744. PMID 38443352.
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