<i>Apis mellifera pomonella</i>, a new honey bee subspecies from Central Asia

Sheppard, Walter S.; Meixner, Marina D.

doi:10.1051/apido:2003037

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“…At the colony level, genetic variability has been shown to be important for disease resistance, homeostasis, thermoregulation and overall colony fitness (Tarpy, 2003;Jones, Myerscough, Graham, & Oldroyd, 2004;Graham, Myerscough, Jones, & Oldroyd, 2006;Mattila & Seeley, 2007). About 26 subspecies and numerous ecotypes of western honey bees (Apis mellifera) have been described, based upon behaviour, morphology, and molecular evidence and are grouped into five evolutionary lineages: A from Africa, C from the northern Mediterranean region and eastern Europe, M from northern and western Europe, O from the eastern Mediterranean and the Near and Middle East region, and Y from the east African country Ethiopia (Ruttner, 1988;Sheppard & Meixner, 2003). The performance of colonies in a number of resistance traits against pest, parasites and diseases may be considered for apicultural interest (Meixner et al, 2010).…”

Section: Loss Of Genetic Diversitymentioning

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Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) and Pollination Issues: Current status, impacts and potential drivers of decline

Paudel¹,

Mackereth²,

Hanley³

et al. 2015

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European honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) are important pollinators of many fruits, nuts, vegetables and field crops. Honey bees also pollinate different wild flowering plants and help to maintain the ecosystems. Currently, these pollinators are facing a number of threats including habitat destruction, pesticides, mites, parasites and loss of genetic diversity. Because of the decline in their number, there is a great loss of ecological services which impacts the world's economy. This review of honey bee and pollination issues highlights the need of protection and conservation of these important pollinators. Research is required to quantify the synergistic effects of potential drivers for current colony loss and to identify the ecotypes and native species of honey bees which are more resistant to pests, pathogens and pesticides.

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Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) and Pollination Issues: Current status, impacts and potential drivers of decline

Paudel¹,

Mackereth²,

Hanley³

et al. 2015

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“…The honeybee exhibits high diversity, with 31 currently recognized subspecies (Chen et al., 2016; Engel, 1999; Meixner, Leta, Koeniger, & Fuchs, 2011; Sheppard & Meixner, 2003) belonging to four main evolutionary lineages (western and northern Europe, M; south‐eastern Europe, C; Africa, A; Middle East and Central Asia, O). Of the 31 subspecies, the Iberian honeybee A. m. iberiensis (M‐lineage) has received the most attention with numerous genetic surveys (Chávez‐Galarza et al., 2015; and references therein).…”

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Developing reduced SNP assays from whole‐genome sequence data to estimate introgression in an organism with complex genetic patterns, the Iberian honeybee (Apis mellifera iberiensis)

Henriques

Parejo

Vignal

et al. 2018

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The most important managed pollinator, the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.), has been subject to a growing number of threats. In western Europe, one such threat is large‐scale introductions of commercial strains (C‐lineage ancestry), which is leading to introgressive hybridization and even the local extinction of native honeybee populations (M‐lineage ancestry). Here, we developed reduced assays of highly informative SNPs from 176 whole genomes to estimate C‐lineage introgression in the most diverse and evolutionarily complex subspecies in Europe, the Iberian honeybee (Apis mellifera iberiensis). We started by evaluating the effects of sample size and sampling a geographically restricted area on the number of highly informative SNPs. We demonstrated that a bias in the number of fixed SNPs (FST = 1) is introduced when the sample size is small (N ≤ 10) and when sampling only captures a small fraction of a population's genetic diversity. These results underscore the importance of having a representative sample when developing reliable reduced SNP assays for organisms with complex genetic patterns. We used a training data set to design four independent SNP assays selected from pairwise FST between the Iberian and C‐lineage honeybees. The designed assays, which were validated in holdout and simulated hybrid data sets, proved to be highly accurate and can be readily used for monitoring populations not only in the native range of A. m. iberiensis in Iberia but also in the introduced range in the Balearic islands, Macaronesia and South America, in a time‐ and cost‐effective manner. While our approach used the Iberian honeybee as model system, it has a high value in a wide range of scenarios for the monitoring and conservation of potentially hybridized domestic and wildlife populations.

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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 pomonella, a new honey bee subspecies from Central Asia

Cited by 166 publications

References 17 publications

Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) and Pollination Issues: Current status, impacts and potential drivers of decline

Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) and Pollination Issues: Current status, impacts and potential drivers of decline

Developing reduced SNP assays from whole‐genome sequence data to estimate introgression in an organism with complex genetic patterns, the Iberian honeybee (Apis mellifera iberiensis)

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

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