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Darwinian natural selection for orange bioluminescent color in a Jamaican click beetle.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Dec 2003

Stolz Uwe, Velez Sebastian, Wood Keith V, Wood Monika, Feder Jeffrey L

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The Jamaican click beetle Pyrophorus plagiophthalamus (Coleoptera: Elateridae) is unique among all bioluminescent organisms in displaying a striking light color polymorphism [Biggley, W. H., Lloyd, J. E. & Seliger, H. H. (1967) J. Gen. Physiol. 50, 1681-1692]. Beetles on the island vary in the co...

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PMID: 14623957
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2432563100
PMCID: PMC299859

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