Conservative genetic studies by genetic diversity analyses of fireflies

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The genetic diversity of typical fireflies of Japan, Luciola cruciata and Luciola lateralis was investigated. These fireflies have large genetic variation and high genetic biodiversity by the analysis of their intraspecific genetic variation and the molecular phylogeny inferred from the mitochondrial ND5 gene sequences. In particular, the method for estimating the habitat from haplotypes of Luciola cruciata was establishied. This approach can be useful to determine fromwhere the firefly is transplanted.