The Genetic Diversity of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in China and Neighboring Countries: A Review From Published Studies

For more than a decade, various research groups have tracked the population genetics of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) in China and neighboring countries using mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) DNA. Although most research has reported high levels of mtDNA varia...

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Published in:Journal of economic entomology 2019-08, Vol.112 (4), p.2001-2006
Main Authors: Garzón-Orduña, Ivonne J., Geib, Scott M., Barr, Norman B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Animals
Bactrocera dorsalis
Biological diversity
China
Cytochrome c
cytochrome c oxidase subunit I
Cytochrome oxidase
Cytochrome-c oxidase
DNA, Mitochondrial
Fruit flies
Genetic diversity
Genetic research
Genetic Variation
Genetics
Haplotypes
hyperdiversity
mitochondria
Mitochondrial DNA
Population genetics
pseudogene
Sampling
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Species diversity
Tephritidae
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Summary:For more than a decade, various research groups have tracked the population genetics of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) in China and neighboring countries using mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) DNA. Although most research has reported high levels of mtDNA variation, to date no efforts have been made to integrate and compare the results from these studies simultaneously. Here, we show that: 1) despite the fact that a large portion of the sampling effort has focused on the Yunnan province beginning in 2005, each subsequent study recovers only a small number of previously sampled haplotypes; 2) new haplotypes of B. dorsalis remain to be found, a projection of new haplotypes versus the number of individuals sampled suggest that sampling the species mtDNA diversity is far from reaching an asymptote; 3) it is unlikely that the observed genetic variation is the result of NUMTs (nuclear mitochondrial DNA), as most differences between haplotypes are silent substitutions; and 4) although all studies employed the 3′ end of COI, the length of COI fragment sequenced differs among studies, making comparisons challenging. Therefore, we offer these results with the caveat that mtDNA diversity might be underestimated in China.
ISSN:0022-0493
1938-291X
DOI:10.1093/jee/toz073