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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionApis mellifera evolved mainly in African, Asian, and European continents over thousands of years, leading to the selection of a considerable number of honey bees subspecies that have adapted to various environments such as hot semi-desert ...
Francesca Gaggìa +7 more
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Insects, 2021 Mitochondrial DNA variations of Peruvian honey bee populations were surveyed by using the tRNAleu-cox2 intergenic region. Only two studies have characterized these populations, indicating the presence of Africanized honey bee colonies in different ...
Julio Chávez-Galarza +7 more
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Insects, 2021 Growing interest has been emerging on the need to monitor the genetic integrity of the European Apis mellifera subspecies that could be threatened by the human-mediated dispersion of non-native populations and lines.
Valerio Joe Utzeri +4 more
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Can introgression in M-lineage honey bees be detected by abdominal colour patterns? [PDF]
Apidologie, 2020 Honey bee abdominal pigmentation is one of the most recognisable traits and it is often used by beekeepers as an indicator of M-lineage subspecies purity. However, this approach may negatively impact population diversity and is futile if there is no association between tergite colour patterns and the genetic background. To assess whether this trait can
Henriques, Dora +7 more
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MAINTENANCE AND LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY IN A THELYTOKOUS LINEAGE OF HONEY BEES (APIS MELLIFERA CAPENSIS) [PDF]
Evolution, 2012 An asexual lineage that reproduces by automictic thelytokous parthenogenesis has a problem: rapid loss of heterozygosity resulting in effective inbreeding. Thus, the circumstances under which rare asexual lineages thrive provide insights into the trade-offs that shape the evolution of alternative reproductive strategies across taxa.
Frances Goudie +5 more
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Turkish honey bees belong to the east Mediterranean mitochondrial lineage [PDF]
Apidologie, 1997 Des abeilles ont ete prelevees dans douze localites de Turquie (fig 1) : Thrace (sept colonies), Gokceada (dix colonies), Bolu (deux colonies), Bursa (une colonie), Menemen (neuf colonies), Fethiye (neuf colonies), Beypazari (six colonies), Erzurum (six colonies), Ardahan (six colonies), Ardanuc (six colonies), Artvin (cinq colonies) et dans des ...
Smith D.R. +3 more
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Computer software for identification of honey bee subspecies and evolutionary lineages [PDF]
Apidologie, 2017 Within the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), there are more than 20 recognised subspecies. It is well known that these subspecies differ in their wing venation patterns. However, there is a demand for efficient tools to identify honey bee subspecies, ecotypes, populations or hybrids. The aim of this study was to develop a fast and easy identification
Anna Nawrocka +3 more
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SELECTION ON OVERDOMINANT GENES MAINTAINS HETEROZYGOSITY ALONG MULTIPLE CHROMOSOMES IN A CLONAL LINEAGE OF HONEY BEE [PDF]
Evolution, 2013 Correlations between fitness and genome-wide heterozygosity (heterozygosity-fitness correlations, HFCs) have been reported across a wide range of taxa. The genetic basis of these correlations is controversial: do they arise from genome-wide inbreeding ("general effects") or the "local effects" of overdominant loci acting in linkage disequilibrium with ...
Frances Goudie +2 more
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In Search of Apis mellifera pomonella in Kazakhstan
Life, 2023 Apis mellifera pomonella is one of two subspecies that represent the eastern limits of honey bee (Apis mellifera) distribution, and it is important to understand its biogeography and evolution. Despite this, A. m. pomonella was not investigated after its
Kamshat Temirbayeva +4 more
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Honey bee populations of the USA display restrictions in their mtDNA haplotype diversity
Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 The genetic diversity of the USA honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) populations was examined through a molecular approach using two mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers.
Mohamed Alburaki +5 more
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