DNA条形码在鞘翅目昆虫分子系统学研究中的应用

近年来,DNA条形码(DNA Barcoding)技术已经成为生物分类学研究中备受关注的新型技术,并在鞘翅目昆虫系统发育研究中得到广泛应用。本文总结了鞘翅目昆虫DNA条形码研究所用COⅠ基因序列,概述了DNA条形码在鞘翅目昆虫的物种分类鉴定、发现新种和隐存种、系统发育关系研究等方面的应用,并对DNA条形码研究技术新进展和标准序列筛选需要注意的问题进行了讨论。     

DNA条形码技术的研究进展及其应用

DNA条形码技术(DNA Barcod ing)是通过对一个标准目的基因的DNA序列进行分析从而进行物种鉴定的技术。这个概念的原理与零售业中对商品进行辨认的商品条形码是一样的。简单地说,DNA条形码技术的关键就是对一个或一些相关基因进行大范围的扫描,进而来鉴定某个未知的物种或者发现新种[1—3]。自从提出DNA条形码的概念以来,这种新兴分类学技术已经引起了越来越多的生物学家的关注。DNA条形码技术是分类学中辅助物种鉴定的新技术,它代表了生物分类学研究的一个新方向[4],因此它在生态、环境、食品等诸多领域都将会有广泛的应用[5]。本文概括综述了DNA条形码技术的发展历史、原理与操作,分析了其在生物分类中的应用及应用上的优势与限制,对DNA条形码技术在鱼类学研究的意义与可行性进行了探讨。1 DNA条形码技术的发展历史2003年,Herbert研究发现利用线粒体细胞色素C氧化酶亚基Ⅰ(M itochondrial cytochrom ecoxidase subun itⅠ,COⅠ)基因一段长度为648bp的片段,能够在DNA水平上成功的区分物种,并且认为利用COⅠ基因从分子演化的角度,将提供一种快速、简便、可信的分...     

DNA条形码技术在植物中的研究现状

DNA条形码技术(DNA barcoding)是用短的DNA片段对物种进行识别和鉴定的分子生物学技术。在动物研究中该技术已经成功应用于利用线粒体细胞色素c氧化酶亚基I(COI)进行物种鉴定和发现隐种或新物种。相对于动物, COI基因在高等植物中进化速率较慢, 因此植物条形码研究以叶绿体基因组作为重点, 但目前还处于寻找合适的基因片段阶段。许多学者对此进行了积极的探索, 报道了多种植物条形码的候选片段或组合, 但还没有获得满足所有标准的特征位点片段。该文介绍了DNA条形码的标准、优点、工作流程及数据分析方法, 总结了DNA条形码在植物中的研究现状。     

我国32种鸟类DNA条形码分析

DNA条形码是一种分子分类方法,近年来在物种鉴定方面得到迅速的发展和应用.本研究分析了我国27属32种鸟类(61只)的线粒体细胞色素c氧化酶亚基Ⅰ(COⅠ)基因的条形码片段,分别用阈值法、聚类法和诊断核苷酸进行了分析,探究DNA条形码鉴定我国鸟类的准确性.结果显示,种内CO Ⅰ序列变异很小,种间存在较多的变异位点,种间的遗传距离显著大于种内的遗传距离,DNA条形码序列能够鉴定所有鸟类.     

中国鸟类的DNA分类及系统发育研究概述

鸟类分类是鸟类学其他研究领域的基础,近年来分子技术的发展,以及计算机技术的应用为鸟类分类学和鸟类系统演化研究提供了新的研究手段,给传统的系统分类研究带来了新的机遇.Tautz等于2002年首先提出运用DNA序列作为生物分类系统的主要平台,即DNA分类学(DNA Taxonomy).而Hebert等于2003年则首次提出了DNA条形码(DNA Barcoding)的概念,并对其物种分类和鉴定意义予以肯定,建议利用线粒体细胞色素C氧化酶亚单位Ⅰ(COI)的特定区段来做DNA条形编码的基础.在鸟类DNA分类方面,国内学者应用线粒体基因Cut b,COI,c-mos,c-myc,12s rRNA,16s rRNA,ND2,ND3,CR,RAG-1以及核基因myoglobin introⅡ等不同片段对很多类群进行了分类探讨和系统发育研究.但是主要集中在鸡形目及雀形目鸟类.中国是鸟类多样性极其丰富的国家,近年来很多亚种、种及以上分类阶元依然存在问题,因此,中国鸟类物种的分类地位、系统发育与演化关系等依然有很多问题等待深入研究.目前国内基于COI的鸟类分类及系统发育研究有了一些报道,但是真正的DNA条形码工作尚需继续、深入地开展.     

DNA条形码的应用进展及讨论

DNA条形码(DNA Barcoding)是近几年来国际生物学研究的热点之一.但是在国内,相关概念还存在不同程度的模糊,不利于研究工作的进一步开展.本文在对DNA条形码与DNA分类（DNA Taxonomy）两个不同概念进行辨析的基础上,回顾与总结了DNA条形码的产生背景与应用进展,并对DNA条形码目前所面临的基因交流...     

DNA条形码研究进展

DNA条形码是应用有足够变异的标准化短基因片段对物种进行快速、准确鉴定的新的生物身份识别系统.2003年,加拿大Guelph大学Hebert等首次正式提出了DNA条形码概念,2004年成立了生物条形码联盟,目前有来自50个国家的两百多个组织成为其成员,2007年5月加拿大Guelph大学组建了世界上第一个DNA barcoding鉴定中心,2009年1月正式启动"国际生命条形码计划",中国科学院代表中国与加拿大、美国和欧盟共同为iBOL 4个中心节点.线粒体细胞色素C氧化酶基因COⅠ具有引物通用性高和进化速率快等优点,是理想的动物DNA条形码,不过,COⅠ在植物中应用效果较差,因此,核糖体ITS序列和质体rbcL、matK和trnH-psbA等序列也相继被引入植物的DNA条形码研究.虽然DNA条形码研究还处于起步阶段,面临巨大挑战,但是,越来越多的研究表明DNA条形码可以广泛应用于生物的分类和鉴定,是一种简便、高效、准确的物种鉴定技术,已经在动物、植物和微生物等研究中取得了显著成果,是生命科学领域发展最快的学科前沿之一.本文从DNA条形码的开发、应用、国内相关文献研究现状、DNA条形码面临的挑战以及发展前景等进行了综合分析,以期推动我国DNA条形码和分类学研究的发展.     

基于DNA条形码技术构建王朗国家级自然保护区陆生脊椎动物遗传资源数据库及物种鉴定

DNA条形码(DNA barcode)是基因组中较短的、种内变异相对稳定的基因序列,已经成为生物多样性保护研究中物种鉴定、生物多样性评估的有力手段之一。四川王朗国家级自然保护区地处青藏高原东缘,属于世界生物多样性热点地区,具有丰富的生物资源,在我国珍稀动物保护领域具有重要地位。目前保护区已累积了大量的陆生脊椎动物监测数据,但缺乏遗传资源本底调查和基础的遗传资源数据库。本研究基于DNA条形码技术,以四川王朗国家级自然保护区为主要研究区域,基于样线法和博物馆标本调研,对所采集的314份样品进行DNA条形码分析,共鉴定兽类、鸟类、两栖类18目35科74种,首次获得了王朗齿突蟾(Scutigerwanglangensis)的线粒体基因(COI、12S-16S、16S、Cytb)及核基因(RAG1)的条形码序列信息,并通过比较不同监测方法说明了DNA条形码技术在动物多样性调查中的应用前景。本研究基于DNA条形码技术最终获得了216份DNA条形码数据,初步建立了保护区陆生脊椎动物遗传资源数据库,该数据库将为评估保护区生物多样性提供基础信息,为动物保护和管理工作提供技术支持。     

DNA条形码技术在植物中的研究现状

DNA条形码技术（DNA barcoding）是用短的DNA片段对物种进行识别和鉴定的分子生物学技术。在动物研究中该技术已经成功应用于利用线粒体细胞色素c氧化酶亚基I（COI）进行物种鉴定和发现隐种或新物种。相对于动物, COI基因在高等植物中进化速率较慢, 因此植物条形码研究以叶绿体基因组作为重点, 但目前还处于寻找合适的基因片段阶段。许多学者对此进行了积极的探索, 报道了多种植物条形码的候选片段或组合, 但还没有获得满足所有标准的特征位点片段。该文介绍了DNA条形码的标准、优点、工作流程及数据分析方法, 总结了DNA条形码在植物中的研究现状。     

戴云山国家级自然保护区访花昆虫DNA条形码数据集

访花和传粉昆虫对于维持生态系统功能具有重要作用,但我国相关昆虫类群的本底数据非常缺乏。作为基于特定基因序列的物种划分方法, DNA条形码在标本鉴定、新物种发现、生物多样性保护、种群遗传和进化等研究领域具有重要的应用价值。本文报道了福建戴云山国家级自然保护区双翅目、膜翅目和鞘翅目3个类群访花昆虫的815条线粒体COI条形码数据,并详细提供了所获样品的海拔分布信息。该数据集可为地区性昆虫多样性的DNA条形码数据库构建、隐存种发现、海拔梯度物种遗传多样性和生物多样性保护等方面研究提供帮助。     

Assessing the effects of primer specificity on eliminating numt coamplification in DNA barcoding: a case study from Orthoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta)

DNA barcoding is a diagnostic method of species identification based on sequencing a short mitochondrial DNA fragment of cytochrome oxidase I (COI), but its ability to correctly diagnose species is limited by the presence of nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts). Numts can be coamplified with the mitochondrial orthologue when using universal primers, which can lead to incorrect species identification and an overestimation of the number of species. Some researchers have proposed that using more specific primers may help eliminate numt coamplification, but the efficacy of this method has not been thoroughly tested. In this study, we investigate the taxonomic distribution of numts in 11 lineages within the insect order Orthoptera, by analysing cloned COI sequences and further test the effects of primer specificity on eliminating numt coamplification in four lineages. We find that numts are coamplified in all 11 taxa using universal (barcoding) primers, which suggests that numts may be widespread in other taxonomic groups as well. Increased primer specificity is only effective at reducing numt coamplification in some species tested, and only eliminates it in one species tested. Furthermore, we find that a number of numts do not have stop codons or indels, making it difficult to distinguish them from mitochondrial orthologues, thus putting the efficacy of barcoding quality control measures under question. Our findings suggest that numt coamplification is a serious problem for DNA barcoding and more quality control measures should be implemented to identify and eliminate numts prior to using mitochondrial barcodes for species diagnoses.     

江西新岗山森林昆虫种内遗传距离研究

DNA条形码目前广泛用于昆虫多样性研究。本研究采用DNA条形码（即线粒体细胞色素c氧化酶亚基I基因COI 5′端），通过比较所获分子分类操作单元（Molecular operational taxonomic units，MOTU）的种内遗传距离，探究DNA条形码在亚热带森林（位于我国江西省新岗山）不同昆虫类群中的物种鉴定和界定效用。数据分析中结合数据库比对信息，采用jMOTU、ABGD、bPTP、GMYC 这4种物种界定方法获得MOTU，从而开展种内遗传距离分析。本研究共挑选出479个昆虫样本，获得475条COI序列，经NCBI、BOLD在线数据库比对属于6个目，与形态初步划分一致；物种界定分析获得288个MOTU，其中鳞翅目最多，达85个，膜翅目、双翅目、半翅目、鞘翅目次之，分别为80、74、21和20个，直翅目最少，仅8个。膜翅目和双翅目的种内遗传距离均值及标准偏差较大（膜翅目：0.89%±0.87%；双翅目：0.73%±0.58%），鳞翅目的最小（0.28%±0.20%）。研究表明：不同昆虫类群的种内遗传距离虽然整体在一定范围，但仍然存在一定的差异，因此不能笼统地依靠遗传距离的距离阈值进行物种划分；现有数据库需要补充足够的昆虫物种信息，才能提升物种鉴定效率。本研究丰富了亚热带森林昆虫分子数据库，同时也为进一步探索基于分子分类学开展昆虫多样性研究提供了基础数据和参考。     

Applications of DNA barcoding to fish landings: authentication and diversity assessment

DNA barcoding methodologies are being increasingly applied not only for scientific purposes but also for diverse real-life uses. Fisheries assessment is a potential niche for DNA barcoding, which serves for species authentication and may also be used for estimating within-population genetic diversity of exploited fish. Analysis of single-sequence barcodes has been proposed as a shortcut for measuring diversity in addition to the original purpose of species identification. Here we explore the relative utility of different mitochondrial sequences (12S rDNA, COI, cyt b, and D-Loop) for application as barcodes in fisheries sciences, using as case studies two marine and two freshwater catches of contrasting diversity levels. Ambiguous catch identification from COI and cyt b was observed. In some cases this could be attributed to duplicated names in databases, but in others it could be due to mitochondrial introgression between closely related species that may obscure species assignation from mtDNA. This last problem could be solved using a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear genes. We suggest to simultaneously analyze one conserved and one more polymorphic gene to identify species and assess diversity in fish catches.     

Limitations of mitochondrial gene barcoding in Octocorallia

The widespread assumption that COI and other mitochondrial genes will be ineffective DNA barcodes for anthozoan cnidarians has not been well tested for most anthozoans other than scleractinian corals. Here we examine the limitations of mitochondrial gene barcoding in the sub-class Octocorallia, a large, diverse, and ecologically important group of anthozoans. Pairwise genetic distance values (uncorrected p) were compared for three candidate barcoding regions: the Folmer region of COI; a fragment of the octocoral-specific mitochondrial protein-coding gene, msh1; and an extended barcode of msh1 plus COI with a short, adjacent intergenic region (igr1). Intraspecific variation was <0.5%, with most species exhibiting no variation in any of the three gene regions. Interspecific divergence was also low: 18.5% of congeneric morphospecies shared identical COI barcodes, and there was no discernible barcoding gap between intra- and interspecific p values. In a case study to assess regional octocoral biodiversity, COI and msh1 barcodes each identified 70% of morphospecies. In a second case study, a nucleotide character-based analysis correctly identified 70% of species in the temperate genus Alcyonium. Although interspecific genetic distances were 2× greater for msh1 than COI, each marker identified similar numbers of species in the two case studies, and the extended COI + igr1 + msh1 barcode more effectively discriminated sister taxa in Alcyonium. Although far from perfect for species identification, a COI + igr1 + msh1 barcode nonetheless represents a valuable addition to the depauperate set of characters available for octocoral taxonomy.     

DNA barcoding of Caenogastropoda along coast of China based on the COI gene

DNA barcoding provides an efficient method for species-level identifications. In this study, we have amplified partial sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene from 110 specimens of 45 species of Caenogastropoda collected from the coast along China to evaluate whether DNA barcodes can distinguish these species accurately. The average Kimura 2-parameter (K2P) distances within species, genera and families were 0.44%, 13.96% and 22.27%, respectively. Both the neighbour-joining tree and the Bayesian tree showed a clear discrimination of all the species in our study with highly supported clades. These results proved that the species of Caenogastropoda can be efficiently and accurately identified by DNA barcoding based on the COI gene.     

Assessing DNA for fish identifications from reference collections: the good,bad and ugly shed light on formalin fixation and sequencing approaches

Natural history collections are repositories of biodiversity and are potentially used by molecular ecologists for comparative taxonomic, phylogenetic, biogeographic and forensic purposes. Specimens in fish collections are preserved using a combination of methods with many fixed in formalin and then preserved in ethanol for long-term storage. Formalin fixation damages DNA, thereby limiting genetic analyses. In this study, the authors compared the DNA barcoding and identification success for frozen and formalin-fixed tissues obtained from specimens in the CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection. They studied 230 samples from fishes (consisting of >160 fish species). An optimized formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded DNA extraction method resulted in usable DNA from degraded tissues. Four mini barcoding assays of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were characterized with Sanger and Illumina amplicon sequencing. In the good quality DNA (without exposure to formalin), up to 88% of the specimens were correctly matched at the species level using the cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) mini barcodes, whereas up to 58% of the specimens exposed to formalin for less than 8 weeks were correctly identified to species. In contrast, 16S primers provided higher amplification success with formalin-exposed tissues, although the COI gene was more successful for identification. Importantly, the authors found that DNA of a certain size and quality can be amplified and sequenced despite exposure to formalin, and Illumina sequencing provided them with greater power of resolution for taxa identification even when there was little DNA present. Overall, within parameter constraints, this study highlights the possibilities of recovering DNA barcodes for identification from formalin-fixed fish specimens, and the authors provide guidelines for when successful identification could be expected.     

A genomic perspective on the shortcomings of mitochondrial DNA for "barcoding" identification

Approximately 600-bp sequences of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been designated as "DNA barcodes" and have become one of the most contentious and animated issues in the application of genetic information to global biodiversity assessment and species identification. Advocates of DNA barcodes have received extensive attention and promotion in many popular and refereed scientific publications. However, we suggest that the utility of barcodes is suspect and vulnerable to technical challenges that are particularly pertinent to mtDNA. We review the natural history of mtDNA and discuss problems for barcoding which are particularly associated with mtDNA and inheritance, including reduced effective population size, maternal inheritance, recombination, inconsistent mutation rate, heteroplasmy, and compounding evolutionary processes. The aforementioned could significantly limit the application and utility of mtDNA barcoding efforts. Furthermore, global use of barcodes will require application and acceptance of a barcode-based species concept that has not been evaluated in the context of the extensive literature concerning species designation. Implementation of mtDNA barcodes in spite of technical and practical shortcomings we discuss may degrade the longstanding synthesis of genetic and organism-based research and will not advance studies ranging from genomic evolution to biodiversity assessment.     

DNA barcoding of crickets,katydids and grasshoppers (Orthoptera) from Central Europe with focus on Austria,Germany and Switzerland

We present a DNA barcoding study on the insect order Orthoptera that was generated in collaboration between four barcoding projects in three countries, viz. Barcoding Fauna Bavarica (Germany), German Barcode of Life, Austrian Barcode of Life and Swiss Barcode of Life. Our data set includes 748 COI sequences from 127 of the 162 taxa (78.4%) recorded in the three countries involved. Ninety‐three of these 122 species (76.2%, including all Ensifera) can be reliably identified using DNA barcodes. The remaining 26 caeliferan species (families Acrididae and Tetrigidae) form ten clusters that share barcodes among up to five species, in three cases even across different genera, and in six cases even sharing individual barcodes. We discuss incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization as most likely causes of this phenomenon, as the species concerned are phylogenetically young and hybridization has been previously observed. We also highlight the problem of nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts), a known problem in the barcoding of orthopteran species, and the possibility of Wolbachia infections. Finally, we discuss the possible taxonomic implications of our barcoding results and point out future research directions.     

Botany without borders: barcoding in focus

This recent meeting, held on the campus of the University of British Columbia, attracted 1200 delegates and a vast array of talks, but was notable for a remarkable showing of talks and posters on DNA barcoding in plants, spread through many sessions. The Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding defines barcoding as ‘species identification and discovery through the analysis of short, standardized gene regions known as DNA barcodes’. This approach is somewhat controversial in animals ( Rubinoff et al., 2006 ), although it has been shown to be useful and reliable in many metazoan taxa ( Meyer & Paulay 2005 ; Hajibabaei et al., 2007 ), in which the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene is used. However, in land plants, COI evolves far too slowly to be useful, and there is no obvious single universal alternative ( Fazekas et al., 2008 ). Genes that work well in one taxon may perform poorly in other taxa. Additionally, some perfectly good plant species, reproductively isolated and morphologically and ecologically distinct, are too young to show much sequence divergence at most loci. Nevertheless, as we saw at this conference, progress has been made towards identifying genes that serve many of the functions of DNA barcodes, at least in some plant taxa.     

DNA条形码分析方法研究进展

DNA条形码是一段短的、标准化的DNA序列,DNA条形码技术通过对DNA条形码序列分析实现物种的有效鉴定.随着生物DNA条形码序列的大量测定,DNA条形码分析方法得到迅速发展,推动了其在生物分子鉴定中的应用.2003年以来,DNA条形码技术已广泛应用于动物、植物和真菌等物种的鉴定,并有力地推动了生物分类学、生物多样性和生态学等学科的发展.本文在综述DNA条形码技术的基础上,总结了5类主要的DNA条形码分析方法,即基于遗传距离的分析、基于遗传相似度的分析、基于系统发育树的分析、基于序列特征的分析和基于统计分类法的分析,并进一步展望了DNA条形码技术的发展与应用.