Antennal RNAseq reveals odorant receptors with sex-biased expression in the common eastern firefly, Photinus pyralis
These findings increase known diversity of insect ORs in an understudied beetle family and suggest that fireflies with flashing adults use multimodal signals during mating.
Authors
- Mathew A. Price
- Douglas B. Collins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6248-9644)
- Sarah Sander Lower (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0889-3344)
- Brian Vestal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3772-1691)
- Gregory M. Pask
- Hanh Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6578-6126)
- Robert F. Mitchell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9485-0687)
- Samuel Pring
- Katherine Martinson
- Susan Deering
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Bucknell University (US)
- Middlebury College (US)
- National Jewish Health (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Genomics
- Published
- 2025-07-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11758-9
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.82
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Bucknell University