K.-J. Hong
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K.-J. Hong has a total of 4 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
D.-S. Park
Biological Resource Center, KRIBB, Daejeon, Korea
1 shared publication- Hyun-Woo Oh
Core Research Facility & Analysis Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
1 shared publication - Paul David Neil Hebert
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph
1 shared publication S.-J. Suh
Youngnam Regional Office, National Plant Quarantine Service, Busan 600-016, Korea
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- 28 January 2011
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Bulletin of Entomological Research
- Vol. 101 (4) , 429-434
DNA barcodes for two scale insect families, mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and armored scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
Although DNA barcode coverage has grown rapidly for many insect orders, there are some groups, such as scale insects, where sequence recovery has been difficult. However, using a recently developed primer set, we recovered barcode records from 373 specimens, providing coverage for 75 species from 31 genera in two families. Overall success was >90% for mealybugs and >80% for armored scale species. The G·C content was very low in most species, averaging just 16.3%. Sequence divergences (K2P) between congeneric species averaged 10.7%, while intra-specific divergences averaged 0.97%. However, the latter value was inflated by high intra-specific divergence in nine taxa, cases that may indicate species overlooked by current taxonomic treatments. Our study establishes the feasibility of developing a comprehensive barcode library for scale insects and indicates that its construction will both create an effective system for identifying scale insects and reveal taxonomic situations worthy of deeper analysis.
- 28 January 2011
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Bulletin of Entomological Research
- Vol. 101 (4) , 429-434
DNA barcodes for two scale insect families, mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and armored scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
Although DNA barcode coverage has grown rapidly for many insect orders, there are some groups, such as scale insects, where sequence recovery has been difficult. However, using a recently developed primer set, we recovered barcode records from 373 specimens, providing coverage for 75 species from 31 genera in two families. Overall success was >90% for mealybugs and >80% for armored scale species. The G·C content was very low in most species, averaging just 16.3%. Sequence divergences (K2P) between congeneric species averaged 10.7%, while intra-specific divergences averaged 0.97%. However, the latter value was inflated by high intra-specific divergence in nine taxa, cases that may indicate species overlooked by current taxonomic treatments. Our study establishes the feasibility of developing a comprehensive barcode library for scale insects and indicates that its construction will both create an effective system for identifying scale insects and reveal taxonomic situations worthy of deeper analysis.