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Mitochondrial DNA Part A
DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis
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Research Article

Genetic variations of DNA barcoding region of bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from South Korea

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Pages 30-42 | Received 29 Sep 2017, Accepted 06 Mar 2018, Published online: 20 Mar 2018
 

Abstract

We reassessed species diversity and genetic structure in Korean bumble bees using DNA barcode analyses of 484 cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences from 24 morphospecies. Based on COI, all of the Korean species formed distinct clades in the phylogenetic trees, except for Bombus (Megabombus) koreanus in the maximum likelihood tree. Five species exhibited low interspecific genetic distances (range: 1.2–2.7%), indicating that they are recently diverged species. COI data could not be used to identify bumble bees at the subspecies level. For the dominant species, most local populations in Korea were panmictic and were more closely related to continental populations than to allopatric populations. Furthermore, sympatric haplotypes within Korea could be distinguished. We detected B. (Megabombus) diversus in South Korea for the first time. Our results demonstrate that DNA barcoding is a useful technique for species recognition and for allopatric and sympatric haplotype detection in bumble bees.

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The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Cooperative Research Program for Agricultural Science & Technology Development (Project No. PJ01005102), Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

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