Qin, Jie, Li, Jing, Gao, Qiang, Wilson, John-James 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3583-3550 and Zhang, Ai-bing
(2019)
Mitochondrial phylogeny and comparative mitogenomics of closely related pine moth pests (Lepidoptera: <i>Dendrolimus</i>).
PEERJ, 7 (7).
e7317-.
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Abstract
<h4>Background</h4>Pine moths, <i>Dendrolimus</i> spp. (Lasiocampidae), are serious economic pests of conifer forests. Six closely related species (<i>Dendrolimus punctatus</i>, <i>D. tabulaeformis</i>, <i>D. spectabilis</i>, <i>D. superans</i>, <i>D. houi</i>, and <i>D. kikuchii</i>) occur in China and cause serious damage to coniferophyte. The complete mito genomes of <i>Dendrolimus</i> genus are significant to resolve the phylogenetic relationship and provide theoretical support in pest control.<h4>Methods</h4>The complete mitogenomes of three species (<i>D. superans</i>, <i>D. houi</i>, and <i>D. kikuchii</i>) were sequenced based on PCR-amplified with universal primers, which were used to amplify initial fragments. Phylogenetic analyses were carried out with 78 complete mitogenomes of lepidopteran species from 10 superfamilies.<h4>Results</h4>The complete mitochondrial genomes of these three species were 15,417, 15,381, and 15,377 bp in length, separately. The phylogenetic analyses produced consistent results for six <i>Dendrolimus</i> species based on complete mitogenomes, two major clades were formed, one containing <i>D. spectabilis</i> clustered with <i>D. punctatus</i> + <i>D. tabulaeformis</i>, and <i>D. superans</i> as the sister group to this three-taxon clade, the other containing <i>D. kikuchii</i> and <i>D. houi</i>. Comparative analyses of the congeneric mitochondrial genomes were performed, which showed that non-coding regions were more variable than the A+T rich region. The mitochondrial nucleotide diversity was more variable when compared within than among genus, and the concatenated tRNA region was the most conserved and the nd6 genes was the most variable.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mitogenomic, Phylogeny, Dendrolimus superans, D. houi, D. kikuchii |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2023 16:27 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2023 16:27 |
| DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.7317 |
| Open Access URL: | https://peerj.com/articles/7317/ |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3177100 |
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