title: Barcoding aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of the Korean Peninsula: updating the global data set.
abstract: DNA barcode (mitochondrial COI) sequences are provided for species identification of aphids from the Korean Peninsula. Most (98%) of the 154 species had distinct COI sequences (average 0.05% intraspecific pairwise divergence) relative to the degree of sequence divergence among species (average value 5.84%). For species in common with other regions, barcodes for Korean samples fell near or within known levels of variation. Based on these results, we conclude that DNA barcodes can provide an effective tool for identifying aphid species in such applications as pest management, monitoring and plant quarantine.
authors.affiliation: Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Research Institute for Agricultural and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea.
authors.forename: Wonhoon
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyojoong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jongok
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Hwal-Ran
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Yeyeun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yang-Su
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong-Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Foottit
authors.forename: Seunghwan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D056910:Republic of Korea
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D019476:Insect Proteins; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV