Probing planetary biodiversity with DNA barcodes: The Noctuoidea of North America.
This study reports the assembly of a DNA barcode reference library for species in the lepidopteran superfamily Noctuoidea from Canada and the USA. Based on the analysis of 69,378 specimens, the library provides coverage for 97.3% of the noctuoid fauna (3565 of 3664 species). In addition to verifying...
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
|
Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5453547?pdf=render |
id |
doaj-bc59e6f7301541bfb58b9a4f3ef918fa |
---|---|
record_format |
Article |
spelling |
doaj-bc59e6f7301541bfb58b9a4f3ef918fa2020-11-25T01:47:12ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01126e017854810.1371/journal.pone.0178548Probing planetary biodiversity with DNA barcodes: The Noctuoidea of North America.Reza ZahiriJ Donald LafontaineB Christian SchmidtJeremy R deWaardEvgeny V ZakharovPaul D N HebertThis study reports the assembly of a DNA barcode reference library for species in the lepidopteran superfamily Noctuoidea from Canada and the USA. Based on the analysis of 69,378 specimens, the library provides coverage for 97.3% of the noctuoid fauna (3565 of 3664 species). In addition to verifying the strong performance of DNA barcodes in the discrimination of these species, the results indicate close congruence between the number of species analyzed (3565) and the number of sequence clusters (3816) recognized by the Barcode Index Number (BIN) system. Distributional patterns across 12 North American ecoregions are examined for the 3251 species that have GPS data while BIN analysis is used to quantify overlap between the noctuoid faunas of North America and other zoogeographic regions. This analysis reveals that 90% of North American noctuoids are endemic and that just 7.5% and 1.8% of BINs are shared with the Neotropics and with the Palearctic, respectively. One third (29) of the latter species are recent introductions and, as expected, they possess low intraspecific divergences.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5453547?pdf=render |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
English |
format |
Article |
sources |
DOAJ |
author |
Reza Zahiri J Donald Lafontaine B Christian Schmidt Jeremy R deWaard Evgeny V Zakharov Paul D N Hebert |
spellingShingle |
Reza Zahiri J Donald Lafontaine B Christian Schmidt Jeremy R deWaard Evgeny V Zakharov Paul D N Hebert Probing planetary biodiversity with DNA barcodes: The Noctuoidea of North America. PLoS ONE |
author_facet |
Reza Zahiri J Donald Lafontaine B Christian Schmidt Jeremy R deWaard Evgeny V Zakharov Paul D N Hebert |
author_sort |
Reza Zahiri |
title |
Probing planetary biodiversity with DNA barcodes: The Noctuoidea of North America. |
title_short |
Probing planetary biodiversity with DNA barcodes: The Noctuoidea of North America. |
title_full |
Probing planetary biodiversity with DNA barcodes: The Noctuoidea of North America. |
title_fullStr |
Probing planetary biodiversity with DNA barcodes: The Noctuoidea of North America. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Probing planetary biodiversity with DNA barcodes: The Noctuoidea of North America. |
title_sort |
probing planetary biodiversity with dna barcodes: the noctuoidea of north america. |
publisher |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
series |
PLoS ONE |
issn |
1932-6203 |
publishDate |
2017-01-01 |
description |
This study reports the assembly of a DNA barcode reference library for species in the lepidopteran superfamily Noctuoidea from Canada and the USA. Based on the analysis of 69,378 specimens, the library provides coverage for 97.3% of the noctuoid fauna (3565 of 3664 species). In addition to verifying the strong performance of DNA barcodes in the discrimination of these species, the results indicate close congruence between the number of species analyzed (3565) and the number of sequence clusters (3816) recognized by the Barcode Index Number (BIN) system. Distributional patterns across 12 North American ecoregions are examined for the 3251 species that have GPS data while BIN analysis is used to quantify overlap between the noctuoid faunas of North America and other zoogeographic regions. This analysis reveals that 90% of North American noctuoids are endemic and that just 7.5% and 1.8% of BINs are shared with the Neotropics and with the Palearctic, respectively. One third (29) of the latter species are recent introductions and, as expected, they possess low intraspecific divergences. |
url |
http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5453547?pdf=render |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT rezazahiri probingplanetarybiodiversitywithdnabarcodesthenoctuoideaofnorthamerica AT jdonaldlafontaine probingplanetarybiodiversitywithdnabarcodesthenoctuoideaofnorthamerica AT bchristianschmidt probingplanetarybiodiversitywithdnabarcodesthenoctuoideaofnorthamerica AT jeremyrdewaard probingplanetarybiodiversitywithdnabarcodesthenoctuoideaofnorthamerica AT evgenyvzakharov probingplanetarybiodiversitywithdnabarcodesthenoctuoideaofnorthamerica AT pauldnhebert probingplanetarybiodiversitywithdnabarcodesthenoctuoideaofnorthamerica |
_version_ |
1725015555797155840 |