Karyotype and banding analyses on haploid males of the honey bee (apis mellifera).

Karyological analysis of a stingless bee, Melipona favosa (Apidae, Hymenoptera).

“…The G-banding patterns on the chromo somes of M. quadricasciata anthidioides (Tambasco et al 1979) are different from those of honey bees (Hoshiba and Okada 1986). Thus, chromosome common between Melipona and Apis which suggests a common ancestor seems not to be found in the present study.…”

“…The karyological analyses have been worked out in A. mellifera and in A. cerana japonica by Hoshiba and Okada (1986). The karyotype patterns of these Apis species were very closed; 4 metacentric and 12 sub metacentric or subtelocentric chromosomes (small but distinct differences were found between the chromosomes of these species).…”

Chromosomal diversity in Apis mellifera carnica from Serbia

“…They gave a full description of all chromosomes and stated their biometric characteristics. The results of karyotype and banding analyses on haploid males, diploid males and females of A. mellifera were published by Hoshiba (1984aHoshiba ( , 1984b. Hoshiba and Okada (1986) presented results of karyological and G-banding analyses of the haploid male of Apis cerana japonica Radoszkowsky and Apis mellifera ligustica, from the cytotaxonomic point of view.…”

A centromere-specific probe for fluorescence in situ hybridization on chromosomes of Apis mellifera L

“…However, the literature shows that it is very difficult to accurately discriminate between chromosomes other than the large one (which is about twice the size of the others). In subsequent G-and C-banding work Hoshiba (1984) and Hoshiba and Okada (1986) reported different chromosome structures (4 metacentric and 12 submeta/subtelocentric chromosomes). Hoshiba (1984) Recent developments in in situ hybridization showed that DNA probes can be used to reveal the position of certain DNA regions on the chromosomes using fluorescent labeling (Pinkel et al, 1986).…”

“…In subsequent G-and C-banding work Hoshiba (1984) and Hoshiba and Okada (1986) reported different chromosome structures (4 metacentric and 12 submeta/subtelocentric chromosomes). Hoshiba (1984) Recent developments in in situ hybridization showed that DNA probes can be used to reveal the position of certain DNA regions on the chromosomes using fluorescent labeling (Pinkel et al, 1986). The (Maniatis et al, 1989 Beye and Moritz (1993) and the labeled chromosome regions were visualized in an epifluorescence microscope using a 530 nm barrier and a 455 nm excitation filter.…”