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From: Molecular variation across populations of a widespread North American firefly, Photinus pyralis, reveals that coding changes do not underlie flash color variation or associated visual sensitivity

Fig. 2

Genetic diversity statistics across populations at three loci involved in signal production/reception. On average, adult luciferase has lower genetic diversity than either LW or UV opsin across populations (given by 4-letter location code). Populations are ordered by Great Circle distance from the VATX population. Luciferase also exhibits a sharp decline in diversity with increasing distance from VATX, whereas the decline is more gradual in UV opsin and absent in LW opsin. (a) Haplotype diversity (Hd), (b) nucleotide diversity (Ï€), adult luciferase (LUC1: gold), LW opsin (LW: green), UV opsin (UV: blue)

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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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