scholarly journals Distribution of Foliicolous Lichen Strigula and Genetic Structure of S. multiformis on Jeju Island, South Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Yoon Oh ◽  
Jung-Jae Woo ◽  
Jae-Seoun Hur
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Structure ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Population Genetic ◽  
Species Distribution Modeling ◽  
Jeju Island ◽  
Population Genetic Analysis ◽  
Modeling Analysis ◽  
Leaf Surfaces ◽  
Potential Habitats ◽  
Environmental Distance

Strigula is a pantropic foliicolous lichen living on the leaf surfaces of evergreen broadleaf plants. In South Korea, Strigula is the only genus of foliicolous lichen recorded from Jeju Island. Several Strigula species have been recorded, but the ecology of Strigula in South Korea has been largely unexplored. This study examined the distribution and genetic structure of Strigula on Jeju Island. The distribution was surveyed and the influence of environmental factors (e.g., elevation, forest availability, and bioclimate) on the distribution was analyzed using a species distribution modeling analysis. In addition, the genetic variations and differentiation of Strigula multiformis populations were analyzed using two nuclear ribosomal regions. The distribution of Strigula was largely restricted to a small portion of forest on Jeju Island, and the forest availability was the most important factor in the prediction of potential habitats. The genetic diversity and differentiation of the S. multiformis population were found to be high and were divided according to geography. On the other hand, geographic and environmental distance did not explain the population differentiation. Distribution and population genetic analysis suggested that the available habitat and genetic exchange of Strigula on Jeju Island are limited by the lack of available forest in the lowlands.

Population genetic structure and genetic diversity of soybean aphid collections from the USA, South Korea, and Japan

Genome ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 345-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae-Hwan Jun ◽  
Andrew P. Michel ◽  
Jacob A. Wenger ◽  
Sung-Taeg Kang ◽  
M.A. Rouf Mian
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Genetic Structure ◽  
North America ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Ssr Markers ◽  
Population Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Soybean Aphid ◽  
The Usa

Following its recent invasion of North America, the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) has become the number one insect pest of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) in the north central states of the USA. A few studies have been conducted on the population genetic structure and genetic diversity of the soybean aphid and the source of its invasion in North America. Molecular markers, such as simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are very useful in the evaluation of population structure and genetic diversity. We used 18 SSR markers to assess the genetic diversity of soybean aphid collections from the USA, South Korea, and Japan. The aphids were collected from two sites in the USA (Indiana and South Dakota), two sites in South Korea (Yeonggwang district and Cheonan city), and one site in Japan (Utsunomiya). The SSR markers were highly effective in differentiating among aphid collections from different countries. The level of differentiation within each population and among populations from the same country was limited, even in the case of the USA where the two collection sites were more than 1200 km apart.

scholarly journals Genetic Diversity of a Rising Invasive Pest in the Native Range: Population Genetic Structure of Aromia bungii (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in South Korea

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 582
Author(s):  
Seunghyun Lee ◽  
Deokjea Cha ◽  
Yongwoo Nam ◽  
Jonkook Jung
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Structure ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Population Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
Invasive Pest ◽  
Native Range ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit ◽  
Longhorn Beetle ◽  
Coi Sequences

The red-necked longhorn beetle (RLB; Aromia bungii [Faldermann, 1835]) is an emerging invasive pest. From its native range of East Asia, it invaded Europe and Japan in the early 2010s. Despite its increasing importance, the molecular resources of RLB are scarce, and its invasive dynamics are largely unknown. In the present study, we carried out the first analysis of its population genetic structure in South Korea, which is part of its native range, using 1248 bp cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences of 199 individuals from 18 localities. We found that in South Korea, RLB has a moderate population genetic structure and can be divided into three geographical subgroups: central, southeastern, and southwestern subgroup. Comparative analyses with two Chinese, one German, and ten Italian RLB sequences yielded non-significant results because of largely missing genetic data from other native areas. Nevertheless, as it provided the first population genetic data for this invasive alien species (IAS) whose range is increasing, our research is a crucial molecular resource for future invasive dynamics research.

New microsatellites revealed strong gene flow among populations of a new outbreak pest, Athetis lepigone (Möschler)

2017 ◽  
Vol 108 (5) ◽  
pp. 636-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.-C. Zhu ◽  
J.-T. Sun ◽  
J. Dai ◽  
J.-R. Huang ◽  
L. Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic Structure ◽  
Population Genetic ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Source Area ◽  
Population Genetic Analysis ◽  
Outbreak Area ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

AbstractAthetis lepigone (Möschler) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a new outbreak pest in China. Consequently, it is unclear whether the emergence and spread of the outbreak of this pest are triggered by rapid in situ population size increases in each outbreak area, or by immigrants from a potential source area in China. In order to explore the outbreak process of this pest through a population genetics approach, we developed ten novel polymorphic expressed sequence tags (EST)-derived microsatellites. These new microsatellites had moderately high levels of polymorphism in the tested population. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 3 to 19, with an average of 8.6, and the expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.269 to 0.783. A preliminary population genetic analysis using these new microsatellites revealed a lack of population genetic structure in natural populations of A. lepigone. The estimates of recent migration rate revealed strong gene flow among populations. In conclusion, our study developed the first set of EST-microsatellite markers and shed a new light on the population genetic structure of this pest in China.

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