title: Evolution: Bioluminescent Courtship as an Engine of Diversity.
abstract: A new study finds that the evolution of bioluminescent sexual displays drives high species richness across animal lineages, providing a crucial link between microevolutionary and macroevolutionary explanations of biodiversity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Electronic address: michaelalfaro@ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Alfaro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D003380:Courtship