title: [Variability of the mitochondrial gene for cytochrome oxidase I within the Adalia bipunctata species and within species of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)].
abstract: Intergeneric, interspecific, and intraspecific genetic variation of the 310-bp 3'-end region of the mitochondrial gene of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) has been assessed in ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinnellidae). The phylogenetic distances between eight species of ladybirds have been determined. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) nucleotide sequences have been compared in Adalia bipunctata L. differing in the elytron and pronotum colors that have been sampled from several geographically remote populations. The taxonomic statuses of two morphs from the genus Adalia, A. bipunctata bipunctata and A. bipunctata fasciatopunctata, have been identified.
authors.affiliation: Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Palenko
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Mukha
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Zakharov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV