title: Mitochondrial genome sequence of the Brazilian luminescent click beetle Pyrophorus divergens (Coleoptera: Elateridae): mitochondrial genes utility to investigate the evolutionary history of Coleoptera and its bioluminescence.
abstract: The Coleoptera order is the richest group among Metazoa, but its phylogenetics remains incompletely understood. Among Coleoptera, bioluminescence is found within the Elateroidea, but the evolution of this character remains a mystery. Mitochondrial DNA has been used extensively to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships, however, the evolution of a single gene does not always correspond to the species evolutionary history and the molecular marker choice is a key step in this type of analysis. To create a solid basis to better understand the evolutionary history of Coleoptera and its bioluminescence, we sequenced and comparatively analyzed the mitochondrial genome of the Brazilian luminescent click beetle Pyrophorus divergens (Coleoptera: Elateridae).
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, UNESP, Rio Claro, Brazil.
authors.forename: F G C
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Arnoldi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohmiya
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Viviani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D049750:Genome, Insect; D049449:Luminescence; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010802:Phylogeny; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012343:RNA, Transfer