Species Identification of Aphids (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae) Through DNA Barcodes

Overview

Journal Mol Ecol Resour

Specialties Biology
Environmental Health
Molecular Biology

Date 2011 May 19

PMID 21586006

Citations 68

Authors

R G Foottit

H E L Maw

C D von Dohlen

P D N Hebert

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Abstract

A 658-bp fragment of mitochondrial DNA from the 5' region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase 1 (COI) gene has been adopted as the standard DNA barcode region for animal life. In this study, we test its effectiveness in the discrimination of over 300 species of aphids from more than 130 genera. Most (96%) species were well differentiated, and sequence variation within species was low, averaging just 0.2%. Despite the complex life cycles and parthenogenetic reproduction of aphids, DNA barcodes are an effective tool for identification.

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