A taxonomic review of the order Mantodea in Korea based on morphology and DNA barcodes.

A taxonomic study of Korean Mantodea using morphological and molecular characters (COI) is presented. Eight species [ (Shiraki, 1908), Westwood, 1889, Bazyluk, 1960, (Thunberg, 1784), Saussure, 1869, Saussure, 1871, Werner, 1929, (Audinet-Serville, 1838)] belonging to six genera in three families are recognized. Interspecific genetic divergence of COI using uncorrected -distance ranged from 6.

Species delimitation of the praying mantis emHierodula/em empatellifera/em (Audinet-Serville) based on morphological and molecular characters (Mantodea: Mantidae).

An integrative taxonomic analysis of Hierodula patellifera (Audinet-Serville) is presented based on morphological and molecular characters (COI, 28S rDNA). During repeated trips to the Korean peninsula, we collected unusual specimens from Wanju-gun. They were similar to H.

A taxonomic review of the coastal genus Iotarphia Cameron (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) with a description of new species based on morphological and molecular characters.

A taxonomic review of the marine littoral genus Iotarphia Cameron is presented. Three species are recognized, one of which is described as a new species (I. magna Song Ahn, sp.

A new species of Fabricius (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Korea based on molecular and morphological characters.

The greater wax moth, Linnaeus, is well known as a pest of honey bees and for the biodegradation of wax and polyethylene by their larvae. The genus has long been considered monotypic and found worldwide. A taxonomic study of the genus is presented based on morphological and molecular characters (, , ).

The first discovery of the genus Haploglossa Kraatz species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) in Korea, with a description of new species.

The genus Haploglossa Kraatz is recorded for the first time in Korea with a description of Haploglossa koreana Song Ahn, sp. nov. and a redescription of H.

Species trees, temporal divergence and historical biogeography of coastal rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) reveal their early Miocene origin and show that most divergence events occurred in the early Pliocene along the Pacific coasts.

We investigated the species trees, temporal divergence and historical biogeography of Emplenota Casey and Triochara Bernhauer (ET clade hereafter), subgenera of the Aleochara coastal staphylinid beetles, to determine their place of origin. We explored a multilocus dataset to infer gene trees and species trees based on traditional concatenated and multispecies coalescent-based approaches using both model- (maximum likelihood and Bayesian) and parsimony-based methods. The multilocus dataset comprised DNA sequences from five nuclear genes (ArgK, CAD, EF1-α, wg and 28S) and three mitochondrial genes (COI, COII and 16S).

Molecular characterisation and expression analysis of a fish-egg lectin in rock bream, and its response to bacterial or viral infection.

A fish-egg lectin, RbFEL, was identified from rock bream (Oplegnathus fasciatus) and its expression analysed. In both vertebrates and invertebrates, carbohydrate-binding proteins (lectins) play an important role in innate immunity against microbial invasion. Here, we report the cloning of a fish-egg lectin from rock bream using a combination of expression sequence tag (EST) analyses.

Molecular cloning and characterisation of the rock bream, Oplegnathus fasciatus, Fas (CD95/APO-1), and its expression analysis in response to bacterial or viral infection.

Fas belongs to the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) receptor superfamily and can transmit a death signal leading to apoptosis. In the present study, we isolated the full-length cDNA for rock bream (Oplegnathus fasciatus) Fas (RbFas). The full-length RbFas cDNA was 1770 bp long and contained an open reading frame of 957 bp that encoded 319 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular mass of 35.

Gadd45gamma expression is reduced in anaplastic thyroid cancer and its reexpression results in apoptosis.

Anaplastic thyroid carcinomas are a highly aggressive and extremely lethal form of human cancer, but the biological characteristics related to their aggressive nature are not understood. Moreover, Gadd45 family proteins have been implicated in a variety of growth-regulatory mechanisms, including DNA replication and repair, G(2)/M checkpoint control, and apoptosis. In this study we found that Gadd45gamma RNA was present at significantly lower levels in anaplastic cancer cells, compared with normal primary cultured thyrocytes.