Apis mellifera ruttneri, a new honey bee subspecies from Malta

Sheppard, Walter S.; Arias, Maria Cristina; Grech, Alison; Meixner,

doi:10.1051/apido:19970505

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“…This result is in agreement with previous data of honeybee populations from other Mediterranean islands as Sicily, Malta and some Greek islands (Garnery et al, 1993;Sheppard et al, 1997;Franck et al, 2000a). These data support the hypothesis pointed out by Ruttner (1988), and expanded by Sheppard et al (1997) about the location of honeybee refugia in the Mediterranean area during the Pleistocene glaciation era, and a subsequent expanding period of these populations to the rest of Europe and the Mediterranean islands.…”

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“…Some Mediterranean islands harbor endemic honeybee populations as A. m. sicula in Sicily and A. m. ruttneri in Malta. These populations have been studied using morphometric (Sheppard et al, 1997;Ruttner, 1988) and molecular approaches (Garnery et al, 1993;Sheppard et al, 1997;Franck et al, 2000a). Mitochondrial haplotypes found in these honeybees have an African origin and similar haplotypes have been observed at high frequencies in the Iberian honeybee.…”

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Molecular characterization and population structure of the honeybees from the balearic islands (Spain)

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“…Across this range, variation in behavior, morphology and genetic markers supports an evolutionary history of the species that includes differentiation into several major phylogenetic lineages (Ruttner, 1988;Cornuet and Garnery, 1991;Garnery et al, 1992). Based primarily on morphological characters, more than two dozen subspecies have been described within the lineages (Ruttner, 1992;Sheppard et al, 1997). These subspecies typically exhibit reduced gene flow with other such groups due to water, mountain or desert barriers and have been called "geographic races", to reflect their adaptation to specific geographic areas (Ruttner, 1988).…”

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Apis mellifera pomonella, a new honey bee subspecies from Central Asia

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-Endemic honey bees of the Tien Shan Mountains in Central Asia are described as a new subspecies, Apis mellifera pomonella, on the basis of morphometric analyses. Principal component and discriminant analysis of the morphological characters measured clearly place these bees into the oriental evolutionary branch of honey bees, but also show that they are distinct from the other subspecies in this lineage. The existence of this newly described honey bee subspecies extends the range of endemic A. mellifera more than 2000 km eastward than previously estimated. Sequence analysis of mitochondrial DNA places A. m. pomonella within the C mitochondrial lineage (a group that is inclusive of both C and O morphological lineages). These findings support the conclusion that A. m. pomonella has a phylogeographic history shared with subspecies from the eastern limit of the previously known range.Apis mellifera pomonella / new subspecies / Central Asia / taxonomy

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“…Remarkable morpho-geographical differentiations are found throughout honeybee distribution areas; 28 subspecies are endemic to Africa, Europe, and Middle East (Ruttner et al 1978;Ruttner 1988;Sheppard et al 1997;Sheppard and Meixner 2003). Four evolutionary lineages have been described based on phenotypes and molecular traits (Garnery et al 1992(Garnery et al , 1993Estoup et al 1995;Franck et al 2000Franck et al , 2001Alburaki et al 2013).…”

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Genetic diversity of the endemic honeybee: Apis mellifera unicolor (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Madagascar

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-Apis mellifera unicolor is a tropical honeybee endemic of Madagascar. Comprehensive knowledge about its mitochondrial and nuclear genetic diversity and structuration was our main purpose. Samples of worker bees were collected from 867 colonies in 76 sites in Madagascar and 1 reference population in South Africa. PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and sequencing were used to reveal variability in the COI-COII mtDNA region. Seventeen microsatellite loci were used for studying the nuclear diversity. Three PCR-RFLP profiles were observed, among which 99.4 % belonged to A1 haplotype, 0.2 % to a new A haplotype, and 0.4 % to A4 haplotype. In microsatellite analysis, moderate genetic diversity values were found for Madagascar, together with low mean number of alleles ranging from 2.47 to 3.88 compared to South Africa. Bayesian clustering assignment methods and principal component analysis (PCA) separated populations into two genetic clusters which matched with geographic areas. Several hypotheses are discussed regarding to the low genetic diversity of A. m. unicolor in its native range.Apis mellifera unicolor / microsatellite / African lineage / genetic diversity / mtDNA

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Apis mellifera ruttneri, a new honey bee subspecies from Malta

Abstract: Apis mellifera ruttneri / taxonomy / subspecies / Malta / evolution

Cited by 121 publications

References 7 publications

Molecular characterization and population structure of the honeybees from the balearic islands (Spain)

Molecular characterization and population structure of the honeybees from the balearic islands (Spain)

Apis mellifera pomonella, a new honey bee subspecies from Central Asia

Genetic diversity of the endemic honeybee: Apis mellifera unicolor (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Madagascar

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