supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31472035);Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department(No.2014FB179)to LXY
Eukaryotic genome size data are important both as the basis for comparative research into genome evolution and as estimators of the cost and difficulty of genome sequencing programs for non-model organisms. In this st...
Artificial night lighting is gaining attention as a new type of pollution;however, studies of its impacts are scarce. Fireflies provide good models to investigate its effects on nocturnal wildlife, since they depend o...
This project was supported by the Natural Scientific Foundation of Yunnan Province (2006C0046Q).
Morphology of different development stages from egg, larva, pupa to adult (male and female) of the firefly, Pyrocoelia pygidialis Pic, was described in details. Some biological habits were noted according to the rec...
Diaphanes is the fourth largest genus in Lampyridae, but no luciferase gene from this genus has been reported. In this paper, by PCR amplification of the genomic DNA, the luciferase gene of Diaphanes pectinealis, whic...