Researchers illuminate the evolution of firefly lights

PHYSorg
Jun 25, 2024, 8:55 am118 pts
The leading hypothesis for the origin of firefly lights has been overturned by a genomic analysis. It had been posited that the bright lights emitted by many species in the Lampyridae family of beetles—better known as fireflies—first evolved as a warning signal to predators, advertising the toxicity of…

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