Uroleucon is one of the large aphid genera including some important pest on agricultural crops, mostly feeding on Asteraceae, few species on Campanulaceae. In this study, we suggest the phylogenetic position of Uroleucon in the tribe Macrosiphini, and subgeneric relationship of the main three subgenera using mitochondrial and nuclear genes: tRNA-leucine+cytochrome oxidaseⅡ(tRNA+COII) and Elongation factor-1 alpha gene (EF1α)). With the results of comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study by Bayesian phylogeny (BP) and Maximum-likelihood (ML) using combined data sets of two molecular markers, we reconstruct subgeneric relationship with the data of host plants and morphological characters.

The cladistics analysis of subfamily Phylinae, based on molecular data analysis of 3655 base pairs of mitochondrial (16S, COI) and nuclear (18S, 28S) ribosomal DNA for 66 taxa in five tribes were conducted. Partitions of datasets were aligned using different algorithms implemented in MAFFT, further combined through sequence matrix and the combined dataset was analyzed using partitioned maximum likelihood. Clades in analytical method comprise six subfamilies of Miridae as outgroup: Isometopinae, Cylapinae, Bryocorinae, Orthotylinae, Deraeocorinae, and Mirinae, and five tribes of ingroup in subfamily Phylinae: Auricillocorini, Hallodapini, Phylini, Leucophoropterini, and Pilophorini. In analysis, tribe Auricillocorini as sister group to all remaining phylines. Most of the tribes are monophyly, except largest tribe phylini, which is clearly divided as paraphyly.

수집한 83개의 뽕나무버섯속 균주의 rDNA의 ITS 영역을 증폭하여 염기서열을 분석한 결과 수집한 균주목록과 종이 다르게 동정된 균주가 52%였으며. 같은 종으로 분류한 균주들 간에도 균사 및 균사체의 배양 특성에 많은 차이를 보였다. 수집 균주간의 유전적인 유연관계 분석 결과 A. tabescens, A. mellea, A. novae-zelandia, A. gallica, A. ostoyae 등으로 분류되었고, A. gallica, A, cepistipes, A, gemina는 매우 가까운 유연관계를 보여 ITS 유전자 수준에서 종을 동정하기는 어려웠다. ASI10104 등 12균주는 A. gallica, A, cepistipes, A, gemina와 매우 가까운 유연관계를 보였으며, ASI10017과 ASI10114는 A. sinapina, ASI10045는 A. borealis, ASI10002와 ASI10025는 A . ostoyae와 같은 그룹으로 분류되었다. 따라서 뽕나무버섯속 균주에 대한 보다 정확한 동정을 위해서는 보다 많은 종류의 유전적인 분석이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

보존중인 잎새버섯속 균주를 선발하여 배양 및 형태적 특성을 조사하여 비슷한 균주별로 그룹화하여 rDNA의 ITS영역을 증폭하여 염기서열을 결정한 결과 보존시 균주의 학명과 많은 차이를 보였으며, 균사의 모양 및 색깔에도 많은 차이를 보였다. 보존 당시 동정한 결과와 rDNA의 ITS 영역의 염기서열 분석을 통한 결과를 비교한 결과 학명이 다른 균주가 4균주로 전체의 40%를 차지하였다. 국내에서 수집한 잎새버섯속은 모두 G. frondosa로 동정되었고, 일본에서 수집한 3균주 중 1균주는 완전히 다른 속으로 동정되었으며 2균주는 G. frondosa로 동정되었다. 그리고 중국에서 수집한 3균주중 2균주는 완전히 다른 속으로 동정되었고, 1균주만 G. frondosa로 동정되었다. RAPD 분석을 통한 유전적인 다형성 조사에서 같은 종내에서도 분포지역에 따라 서로 상이한 밴드패턴을 보였다. 유전적인 유연관계 분석에서는 G. frondosa 1개의 분류군으로 이루어졌으며, ITS부위 유전자수준의 상동성 분석에서도 비슷한 경향을 보였다. 따라서 기존 목록과 완전히 다른 속으로 동정된 균주들에 대해서는 계통분류학적인 유연관계 분석과 보존중인 자실체 유전자와의 상동성을 비교하여 기존 목록의 학명을 재분류해야 할 것으로 판단된다.

Macrosiphini is the most largest group in aphids, comprising near half of the described aphid species. The existence of Macrosiphini could be related to host alternation and various life cycle. Since the phylogenetic relationship of the tribe Macrosiphini has been still controversial, we analyzed Bayesian phylogeny (BP) and Maximum-likelihood (ML) based on molecular data (cytochrome oxidase I, tRNA-leucine+cytochrome oxidase II, 16S ribosomal RNA and elongation factor-1 alpha gene), and compared with the Shaposhnikov (1998) 's subtribal division: Macrosiphina, Myzian, Anuraphidina and Liosomatinae. Analyses for host range association with the morphological characters (e.g. Siphunculus and antennal tubercle on head) correspond to the tendency of host range radiation in the tribe Macrosiphini.

Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are well known as micro-insect pests, which are very specific to their host plants, sucking phloem for acquiring nutrients, and most of them have successfully maintained parthenogenetic generations cyclically or permanently. In the world, the approximately 5,000 described aphid species belong to the family Aphididae, which has taxonomically been subdivided into 27 subfamilies in current. The diversification of host plants, especially angiosperms, has played an important role in their evolution. Major questions about aphid evolution include origins of host alternation as well as age and patterns of diversification in relation to host plants. To address these, I did both macroscale (phylogenetics) and microscale (population genetics) researches on aphids. First I reconstructed the phylogeny of the three major aphid groups, Aphidini, Macrosiphini, and Pterocommatinae, which are the most diverse in the world and constitute more than 60% of the total species. These major lineages demonstrate the evolutionary history of aphids interacting with their host plants. I also used molecular dating method to calculate reasonable divergence time on each clade. Based on phylogenetic and dating analyses, most generic divergences in Aphidinae occurred in the Middle Tertiary when primary hosts, mainly Rosaceae, were diverging, whereas species-level divergences were related with diversification of secondary hosts such as Poaceae in the Middle to Late Tertiary. Most generic divergences in Aphidini occurred in the Middle Tertiary, and species-level divergences occurred between the Middle and Late Tertiary. The divergence times of aphid lineages at the generic or subgeneric levels are close to those of their primary hosts. Second I performed population genetics of the polyphagous cotton-melon aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover. I analyzed population genetic structure between 570 aphids collected from 41 plant species of primary and secondary, mostly wild, hosts using 9 microsatellite loci. As results, population structure of A. gossypii revealed that several genetic affinities in common use of some secondary and primary hosts are detected. Host preference in secondary host is higher than that in primary host, and woody plants share same genetic structure. This species might speciated by the related mechanisms such as host alternation and loss of primary host. I will propose macro- and micro-evolutionary patterns of the Aphidini aphids based on integrating phylogenetic and population genetic approaches

보존중인 Polyporus속 균주를 선발하여 배양 및 형태적 특성을 조사하여 비슷한 균주별로 그룹화하여 rDNA의 ITS 영역을 증폭하여 염기서열을 결정한 결과 보존시 균주의 학명과 많은 차이를 보였으며, 균사의 모양 및 색깔에도 많은 차이를 보였다. 보존 당시 동정한 결과와 rDNA의 ITS 영역의 염기서열 분석을 통한 결과를 비교한 결과 종이 다른 균주가 3균주와 학명이 다른 균주가 4균주로 전체의 53.8%를 차지하였다. 국내에서 수집한 Polyporus속은 경우 P. alveolarius, P. brumalis, P. squamosus, P. tuberaster, P. arcularius 등 5개 종으로 동정되었고, 미국에서 수집한 균주는 P. alveolarius와 P. arcularius로 동정되었다. 그리고 일본에서 수집한 균주는 P. arcularius로 동정되었다. RAPD분석을 통한 유전적인 다형성 조사에서 Polyporus속간에는 완전히 다른 밴드 패턴을 보였지만 같은 종내에서는 비슷한 밴드 패턴을 보였다. 유전적인 유연관계 분석에서는 P. alveolarius 등 5개의 분류군으로 나누어졌으며, ITS부위 유전자수준의 상동성 분석에서도 비슷한 경향을 보였다. 따라서 기존 목록과 완전히 다른 속으로 동정된 균주들에 대해서는 계통분류학적인 유연관계 분석과 보존중인 자실체 유전자와의 상동성을 비교하여 기존 목록의 학명을 재분류해야 할 것으로 판단된다.

한국 내 전국적으로 5곳의 담수에서 2010년 4월부터 2011년 6월에 걸쳐 담수시료를 채취한 후, 각 담수시료에서 Botryococcus braunii의 출현을 확인하고 microcapillary-pipetting method를 이용하여 5주를 분리하였다. 분리된 B. braunii의 18S rRNA sequencing 후, BLAST search를 통한 분석 결과는 B. braunii와 가장 높은 상동성을 나타낸 것으로 확인되어 형태적 동정결과와 일치하였다. 진화, 계통분류학적 분석결과, 분리된 5주의 B. braunii는 단일 계통인 Trebouxiophyceae으로 분류되었다. 18S rRNA sequence의 계통 분류학적 분석에서 B. braunii KNU6는 다른 분리된 B. braunii와 같은 분류군 내에서 거리의 차이가 있었고, 또한 세포크기, 점액질의 양 등의 형태적 특징도 차이를 보였다. 한국에서 분리된 5주의 B. braunii는 모두 race A type의 분류군에 포함되며, 탄소수 C23-C33의 지방산에서 유래된 alkadienes과 alkatrienes를 생산하는 것으로 사료되며, B. braunii를 이용한 바이오디젤을 생산하기 위한 최적의 배양조건을 찾는 연구가 필요하다.

This work was performed to confirm the molecular discrimination through the nrITS1 sequences among 3 taxa of Scirpus L. sensu lato (s.l.) species. S. planiculmis represented only 2 base sequence variations with S. maritimus in spite that they showed different morphological features. The nucleotide sequences of the ITS1 region from S. planiculmis were shown to have 99.1% homology with S. maritimus and 60.4% homology with S. triqueter. Although the morphology of S. planiculmis is similar with S. triqueter, molecular basis of the size and sequences on ITS1 region were shown to have distinctive differences. For divergency investigation on same sites and metapopulation, sequencing was conducted on ITS1 region with partial 5.8S and 18S regions. All plants of each species collected at the same site had identical band size pattern and sequences. Intraspecific molecular divergency was not identified in spite that these species live in different wetland sites. The ITS1 sequences described here provided a powerful genetic tool for phylogenetic studies which was difficult by morphological identification as high rate of morphological plasticity

The phylogenetic relationships among the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) have been controversial in several perspective. The present study sequenced a total of ~ 3,500 bp from cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI), 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA), and elongation factor-1 alpha (EF-1α) in 80 nymphalid species belonging to seven subfamilies (Linmenitidinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Apaturinae, Libytheinae, Satyrinae, and Danainae), along with those of six lycaenid species as outgroups. Phylogenetic analyses via Bayesian Inference (BI) and Maximum Likelihood (ML) algorithms concordantly supported the subfamilial relationships of (((((Linmenitidinae + Heliconiinae) + (Nymphalinae + Apaturinae)) + Libytheinae) + Satyrinae) + Danainae), with high nodal support for monophyletic subfamilies and tribes. This result is largely consistent with a previous study performed with a substantially large sequence information and morphological characters, except for the position of Libytheinae that has previously been placed as the sister to all reminder of Nymphalidae.

The complete mitogenome (20,456 bp) of Challia fletcheri (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae) as the first dermapteran insect is the longest among sequenced insects. The genome contained typical gene sets, but harbored the largest TRU among Exopterygota and Palaeoptera. The AT- and GC-skewness showed more Ts and Gs encoded on the major strand, whereas more As and Cs on the minor strand, presenting a reversal to the general pattern found in most insect mitogenomes. This pattern was explained in terms of inversion of replication origin. The gene arrangement of C. fletcheri genome is unique in insects and differs from the ancestral type found in insects by a series of gene translocations and/or inversions. We hypothesize that the markedly different gene arrangement is probably due to some unique organism-level properties, which allow relaxed selection against mitochondrial gene rearrangement. All phylogenetic analyses consistently placed Orthoptera as the sister to the group composed of a monophyletic Isoptera + Mantodea + Blattodea and a monophyletic Grylloblattodea + Mantophasmatodea + Phasmatodea, and placed Dermaptera as the sister to Plecoptera, leaving them as the most basal lineage of Polyneoptera.

The phylogenetic relationships among the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) have been controversial. The present study sequenced approximately 1,099 bp from cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI), 1,336 ~ 1,551 bp from 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA), and 1,066 bp from elongation factor-1 alpha (EF-1α) in 80 species belonging to seven subfamilies (Linmenitidinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Apaturinae, Libytheinae, Satyrinae, and Danainae) of Nymphalidae, along with those of six lycaenid species as outgroups. The average base compositions for the three genes (COI, 16S rRNA, and EF-1α) are as follows: A (30.6%, 38.8%, and 25.8%), G (14.7, 5.2%, and 23.6%), T (39.8%, 45.2%, and 23.4%), and C (14.9%, 10.8%, and 27.3%). This result shows the A/T bias in the mitochondrial genes, but not for the nuclear EF-1α. Between the two mitochondrial genes, the 16S rRNA gene evidenced a significantly higher A/T content than was detected in the COI gene. These sequences were subjected to phylogenetic reconstruction via Bayesian Inference (BI) and Maximum Likelihood (ML) algorithms. Both analyses concordantly supported the subfamilial relationships of (((((Linmenitidinae + Heliconiinae) + (Nymphalinae + Apaturinae)) + Libytheinae) + Satyrinae) + Danainae), along with highly supported monophyletics of tribes within subfamilies. This result is largely consistent with a previous study performed with a large sequence information and morphological characters, except for the position of Libytheinae, which was suggested to be the basal lineage of Nymphalidae.

Two complete mitochondrial genomes of the tobacco cutworm, Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) and the rice leaf roller, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), were sequenced. Each 15,388 bp and 15,368 bp-long genome contained both the lepidopteran specific gene arrangement that differ from the most common arrangement of insects by the movement of tRNAMet to a position 5’-upstream of tRNAIle. Neither of the species have typical COI start codon. Instead, the CGA (arginine) sequence that is commonly present in other lepidopterans was also found both in S. litura and C. medinalis. The evolutionary rates among 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs) in Lepidoptera showed ATP8 the highest, whereas COI the lowest. The high A+T-content, which is characteristic of mitochondrial genome was well reflected in the two lepidopteran mitochondrial genomes: higher frequency of A/T-rich codons, severe A/T bias in 3rd codon position, and extremely high A/T content in the A+T-rich region. Because insect mitochondrial genomes harbor biased nucleotide and resultantly biased amino acid sequences, phylogenetic inference is often misled by them. Although each recoded and unrecoded datasets for nucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences of PCGs provided overall identical topology, regardless of recoded scheme, each nucleotide and amino acid dataset provided difference in the status of Macrolepidoptera, providing a monophyletic group by amino acid dataset, whereas non-monophyletic group by nucleotide dataset.

보존중인 구름버섯속 균주를 선발하여 배양 및 형태적 특성을 조사하여 비슷한 균주별로 그룹화하여 rDNA의 ITS 영역을 증폭하여 염기서열을 결정한 결과 보존시 균주의 학명과 많은 차이를 보였으며, 균사의 모양 및 색깔에도 많은 차이를 보였다. rDNA의 ITS 영역의 염기서열을 바탕으로 보존 당시 동정된 결과와 염기서열 분석을 통한 결과를 비교한 결과 종이 다른 균주가 5균주와 학명이 다른 균주가 6균주로 전체의 61%를 차지하였다. 국내에서 수집한 구름버섯의 경우 T. versicolor, T. elegans, T. gibbosa 등 3개 속으로만 동정되었고, 미국에서 수집한 균주는 T. junipericola로 동정되었다. Trametes spp의 RAPD 분석을 통한 유전적인 다형성 조사에서 T. versicolor와 T. gibbosa는 아주 다른 밴드 패턴을 보였다. 또한 같은 종내에서서 분포지역에 따라 상이한 밴드 패턴을 보였다. 유전적인 유연관계 분석에서는 T. vericolor 등 4개의 분류군으로 나누어졌으며, ITS부위 유전자수준의 상동성 비교에서도 비슷한 경향을 보였다. 따라서 기존 목록과 완전히 다른 속으로 동정된 균주들에 대해서는 계통분류학적인 유연관계 분석과 보존중인 자실체 유전자와의 상동성을 비교하여 보존진균의 오염 여부를 판단하여 기존 목록의 학명을 재분류해야 할 것으로 판단된다.

The phylogenetic relationships among true butterfly families (superfamily Papilionoidea) have been a matter of substantial controversy, and that debate has led to several competing hypotheses. Two of the most compelling of those hypotheses involve the relationships of (Nymphalidae + Lycaenidae) + (Pieridae + Papilionidae) and (((Nymphalidae + Lycaenidae) + Pieridae) + Papilionidae). In this study, approximately 3,500 nucleotide sequences from cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI), 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA), and elongation factor-1 alpha (EF-1α) were sequenced from 83 species belonging to four true butterfly families, along with those of eight outgroup species belonging to the skipper family (superfamily Hesperioidea). These sequences were subjected to phylogenetic reconstruction via Bayesian Inference (BI), Maximum Likelihood (ML), and Maximum Parsimony (MP) algorithms. All phylogenetic analyses among the four true butterfly families strongly indicated a sister relationship between the Nymphalidae and Lycaenidae on one hand, and relatively strongly indicated a sister relationship between the Pieridae and Papilionidae on another hand, thus supporting the hypothesis: (Nymphalidae + Lycaenidae) + (Pieridae + Papilionidae).

Two complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of the endangered, lycaenid butterflies, Spindasis takanonis and Protantigius superans (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), were sequenced. Each 15,349 bp and 15,248 bp-long genome contained both the lepidopteran specific gene arrangement that differ from the most common arrangement of insects by the movement of tRNAMet to a position 5’-upstream of tRNAIle. Neither of the species have typical COI start codon. Instead, the CGA (arginine) sequence that is commonly present in all other lepidopterans was also found in both lycaenids. The possible binding site for the transcription termination peptide, TACTA sequence, also was well retained in both species. The high A+T-content, which is a characteristic of insect mitogenomes was well reflected in the genomes in the form of higher frequency of codons with A/T nucleotides, severe A/T bias in 3rd codon position, and extremely high A/T content in the A+T-rich region. The 19 bp-long poly-T stretch and the downstream conserved motif ATAG, which were suggested previously to function as a structural signal for minor-strand mtDNA replication, was also well conserved in the A+T-rich region of both lycaenids. Phylogenetic analysis among lepidopteran superfamilies supported the relationships of either (((((Bombycoidea + Geometroidea) + Noctuoidea) + Papilionoidea) + Pyraloidea) + Tortricoidea) by concatenated amino acid sequence or (((((Bombycoidea + Geometroidea) + Noctuoidea) + Pyraloidea) + Papilionoidea) + Tortricoidea) by concatenated nucleotide sequences of 1st and 2nd codon positions of 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes, revealing fluctuating positions of Papilionoidea and Pyraloidea between the two data sets.

The species-rich genus Aphis consists of more than 500 species, many of them host-specific on a wide range of plants, yet very similar in general appearance due to morphological resemblance toward particular morphological types. Most species have been historically clustered into four main phenotypic groups (gossypii, craccivora, fabae, and spiraecola groups). To confirm whether these morphological relationships are correlated with the genetic relationships, we compared the morphometric dataset of 28 characters measured/counted from 33 representative species with a phylogeny reconstructed from the combined dataset of four DNA regions (3,842 bp). The correlation of the rates of evolution between morphological and DNA datasets was highly significant in their diversification. Analysis of trait evolution revealed that the morphological traits found to be significant based on the ANOVA were confidently correlated with the phylogeny. The dominant patterns of trait evolution resulting in increased rates in short branches and temporally later evolution are likely suitable for the modality of Aphis speciation because they have adapted species-specifically, rapidly, and more recently for many different host plants.

본 시험은 국내외에서 수집한 꽃송이버섯균 22균주에 대하여 분자생물학적 유연관계를 분석하고자 하였다. 수집균주의 ribosomal DNA의 ITS 영역에 대한 cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) 분석 결과, KACC50866은 다른 균주들과 20%이하의 유연관계를 나타내었으며 나머지 균주들은 90% 이상의 유연관계를 보이면서 4그룹으로 구분되었다. 따라서 이들의 세분화된 분자생물학적 구분을 위하여 rDNA ITS 영역의 염기서열분석을 하여 구분하여 본 결과 KACC50866 균주는 다른 꽃송이버섯균과 유연관계가 매우 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 나머지 21개 균주는 같은 그룹으로 구분되어 있어 같은 종으로 생각할 수 있으나, 이들을 좀더 세분하기 위해서는 미토콘드리아의 유전자 서열 분석 등이 병행되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

최근들어 수입량이 급증되고 있는 차가버섯의 분류체계를 확립하고, 이들 종 및 계통간의 유연관계 확립과 품종 구분을 위해 계통학적 정보를 지닌 ITS 영역의 염기서열, PCRRFLP 및 STS 프라이머를 사용하여 종 특이적인 마커를 개발하였다. 시베리아 캄차카 반도에서 수집된 74008 균주의 염기서열을 이용하여 Inonotus spp.의 유연관계를 분석한 결과 2개의 그룹으로 나뉘어 졌고, I. obliquus DSM 856P균주와 약 98%의 가장 높은 유사성을 나타내어 차가버섯임이 확인되었다. 또한 ITS 증폭산물을 제한효소로 처리하여 밴드패턴을 비교하였을 때 종 및 계통에 따라 밴드가 다르게 나타났으며, STS primer를 이용하여 증폭산물을 비교하였을 때 종간에는 밴드패턴이 다르나 계통내에서는 동일한 밴드패턴을 보였다. 따라서 차가버섯의 품종 구분을 위해서는 STS 마커와 PCR-RFLP를 동시에 사용함으로서 품종 구분이 좀 더 명확하리라 사료된다.

Up to now only 17 coleopteran mitogenomes have been fully or near fully sequenced, but this chart does not include any complete mitogenome sequence of the coleopteran infraorder Scarabaeiformia, in which the monotypic Scarabaeoidea is included. In this study, we firstly present three scarabaeoid mitogenomes, two of which are completed and one is near completed. The complete nucleotide sequences of the white-spotted flower chafer, Protaetia brevitarsis (Scarabaeiformia: Scarabaeidae), was determined to be 20,319 bp, the two-spotted stag beetle, Metopodontus blanchardi (Scarabaeiformia: Lucanidae), was 21,678 bp, and the incomplete garden chafer, Polyphylla laticollis (Scarabaeiformia: Scarabaeidae), which lacks sequence information from whole A+T-rich region and a partial srRNA gene was 14,473 bp. Thus, the two complete mitogenome sequences are longest among the completely sequenced insect mitogenomes, followed by the 19,517 bp-long dipteran Drosophila melanogaster. Phylogenetic analysis using the concatenated 13 amino acid sequences of PCGs of the 13 coleopteran insects including three newly sequenced scarabaeoid successfully recovered a monophyly of suborder Polyphaga, a monophyly of infraorder Cucujiformia, a monophyly of infraorder Elateriformia, and also a monophyly of infraorder Scarabaeiformia within Polyphga. However, the Scarabaeiformia represented by three newly sequenced species was unexpectedly placed as a sister group to the Cucujiformia, instead of the placement to the sister to the Cucujiformia and Elateriformia group.