Mitochondrial DNA variability in the Canary Islands honeybees (<i>Apis mellifera</i> L.)

Rúa, Pilar De la; Serrano, José; Galián, José

doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00468.x

Cited by 63 publications

(58 citation statements)

References 14 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Based on the restriction of the variable lengthed PCR product, the lineages are readily distinguishable. In all, 59 mitochondrial haplotypes have been described from various honeybee populations (Garnery et al 1993de la Rua et al 1998;Franck et al 1998Franck et al , 2000a. Three of these belong to the C lineage, 25 to the M lineage, 24 to the A lineage, five to the O lineage, and two to the proposed Y lineage (formerly these were assigned to the A lineage).…”

Section: Statistical Analysis Of Microsatellite Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Africanization of Honeybees (Apis Mellifera L.) of the Yucatan: A Study of a Massive Hybridization Event Across Time

et al. 2002

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract. Until recently, African and European subspecies of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) had been geographically separated for around 10,000 years. However, human-assisted introductions have caused the mixing of large populations of African and European subspecies in South and Central America, permitting an unprecedented opportunity to study a large-scale hybridization event using molecular analyses. We obtained reference populations from Europe, Africa, and South America and used these to provide baseline information for a microsatellite and mitochondrial analysis of the process of Africanization of the bees of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The genetic structure of the Yucatecan population has changed dramatically over time. The pre-Africanized Yucatecan population (1985) comprised bees that were most similar to samples from southeastern Europe and northern and western Europe. Three years after the arrival of Africanized bees (1989), substantial paternal gene flow had occurred from feral Africanized drones into the resident European population, but maternal gene flow from the invading Africanized population into the local population was negligible. However by 1998, there was a radical shift with both African nuclear alleles (65%) and Africanderived mitochondria (61%) dominating the genomes of domestic colonies. We suggest that although European mitochondria may eventually be driven to extinction in the feral population, stable introgression of European nuclear alleles has occurred.

show abstract

Section: Statistical Analysis Of Microsatellite Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Africanization of Honeybees (Apis Mellifera L.) of the Yucatan: A Study of a Massive Hybridization Event Across Time

et al. 2002

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…As a result of isolation and adaptation to particular environmental island conditions, many organisms have given rise to locally adapted populations, such is the case of the honey bee, Apis mellifera Linneaus 1758. Indeed, honey bee populations locally adapted to endemic Macaronesian flora and particular weather and orography conditions are characterized by particular mitochondrial haplotypes (A11, A14, A15, and A16) belonging to the African evolutionary sub-lineage with Atlantic distribution (De la Rúa et al, 1998, 2001, 2006.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such introduction events have been inferred through concurrent analyses of mitochondrial DNA (De la Rúa et al, 1998Rúa et al, , 2002 and microsatellite markers (De la Rúa et al, 2001, 2006. Furthermore, recent temporal analyses revealed differential patterns of change in mitochondrial diversity: whereas an increase of the introduction rate was observed on the Canary Islands such as El Hierro and La Gomera, diversity has remained stable in the other Macaronesian islands (Muñoz et al, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of queen importation on the genetic diversity of Macaronesian island honey bee populations (Apis melliferaLinneaus 1758)

Muñoz

Pinto

Rúa

2014

Journal of Apicultural Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

SummaryBeekeeping practices such as the importation of non-native honey bee queens may interact with the conservation of honey bee biodiversity.Island honey bee populations are particularly appropriate to test the impact of the introduction of foreign subspecies into their genetic diversity and structure. Here we have used microsatellite markers to evaluate the temporal genetic variation over the last decade in Macaronesian honey bee populations, which have been exposed to different beekeeping strategies regarding queen importation as previously revealed by mitochondrial determination of the evolutionary lineage: a high level on Tenerife and São Miguel and absent or low on La Palma and Madeira. While genetic diversity remained low (from 0.402 to 0.483 in the previous survey and from 0.390 to 0.513 in the current survey), genetic introgression from foreign honey bees was detected on Tenerife and São Miguel based on Bayesian structure analysis.Nevertheless, the existence of endemic honey bee populations deserving conservation on the Macaronesian Islands can still be inferred from the aforementioned analyses. Efecto de la importación de reinas en la diversidad genética de poblaciones de abejas insulares de la Macaronesia (Apis mellifera Linneaus 1758) ResumenPrácticas apícolas como la importación de abejas reinas no-nativas pueden interactuar con la conservación de la biodiversidad de abejas. Las poblaciones de abejas insulares son especialmente adecuadas para analizar el impacto de la introducción de subespecies foráneas en su diversidad y estructura genéticas. En este trabajo hemos utilizado como marcadores los microsatélites para evaluar la variación genética temporal en los últimos diez años en las poblaciones de abejas de la Macaronesia que implementan diferentes estrategias de gestión de la apicultura en relación con la importación de reinas: a un mayor nivel en el caso de Tenerife y San Miguel y ausente o reducida en La Palma y Madeira. Si bien la diversidad genética se ha mantenido baja, (de 0,402 a 0,483 en el muestreo antiguo y de 0,390 a 0,513 en el muestreo actual) se han detectado señales de introgresión genética de abejas foráneas en las poblaciones de Tenerife y San Miguel a partir de los resultados del análisis bayesiano de la estructura poblacional. No obstante, todavía se puede inferir de los análisis mencionados la existencia de poblaciones de abejas endémicas en las islas macaronésicas adecuadas para ser conservadas.

show abstract

“…A non-coding region of the Apis mitochondrial genome (Cornuet et al, 1991) has been used extensively in studies of honey bee biogeography and population biology (for example, Garnery et al, 1992Garnery et al, , 1995Garnery et al, , 1998Oldroyd et al, 1995;Moritz et al, 1994;Deowanish et al, 1996;Smith and Hagen, 1996;de la Rúa et al, 1998de la Rúa et al, , 2000Deowanish et al, 1998;Franck et al, 1998Franck et al, , 2000aFranck et al, ,b, 2001Sheppard et al, 1999;Sihanuntavong et al, 1999;Smith and Hagen, 1999;Palmer et al, 2000;Smith et al, 2000Smith et al, , 2003Smith et al, , 2004Smith et al, , 2005Warrit et al, 2006, and many more). Few data of this nature are available for Chinese A. cerana.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mitochondrial DNA diversity of ChineseApis cerana

2007

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

-DNA sequence diversity in a non-coding portion of the mitochondrial genome was investigated in samples of Apis cerana from 47 locations in China. Nine haplotypes (mitochondrial genotypes) were found: Japan1, Japan2, Korea4, and Cambodia2, which were previously reported from other populations, and China1−5, which are new. All nine sequences belong to the Mainland mitochondrial lineage, and none differs from the Japan1 haplotype by more than a single base substitution and/or a single insertion/deletion. Japan1 is the most common haplotype, making up 39 of 49 sequences. Haplotype diversity was 0.4 (s.d. 0.089) and nucleotide diversity was 0.00569 (s.d. 0.00154). By both measures the Chinese samples were more diverse than those from Japan and Thailand, similar to populations from Pakistan, Burma and Korea, and less diverse than samples from Indochina (Laos-Cambodia-Vietnam).mitochondrial DNA / Apis cerana / China / phylogeography

show abstract

Mitochondrial DNA variability in the Canary Islands honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

Cited by 63 publications

References 14 publications

The Africanization of Honeybees (Apis Mellifera L.) of the Yucatan: A Study of a Massive Hybridization Event Across Time

The Africanization of Honeybees (Apis Mellifera L.) of the Yucatan: A Study of a Massive Hybridization Event Across Time

Effects of queen importation on the genetic diversity of Macaronesian island honey bee populations (Apis melliferaLinneaus 1758)

Mitochondrial DNA diversity of ChineseApis cerana

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About