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Evaluation of the population structure and phylogeography of the Japanese Genji firefly, Luciola cruciata, at the nuclear DNA level using RAD-Seq analysis.
Scientific reports - 30 Jan 2020
Kato Dai-Ichiro, Suzuki Hirobumi, Tsuruta Atsuhiro, Maeda Juri, Hayashi Yoshinobu, Arima Kazunari, Ito Yuji, Nagano Yukio
Abstract excerpt
The Genji firefly, Luciola cruciata, is widely distributed throughout the major Japanese islands (Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu) and distinguished into two ecological types on the basis of the flash interval of the mate-seeking males (4-sec slow-flash or 2-sec fast-flash intervals). The boundary of the ecological types corresponds to the Fossa Magna, a great rupture zone that separates eastern and western Japan....
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