Mitochondrial genome of the North African Sahara Honeybee, Apis mellifera sahariensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Abstract

We present the complete mitochondrial genome of honey bee subspecies, Apis mellifera sahariensis (Apidae) belonging to the African lineage. The assembled circular genome has a length of 16,569 bp which comprises 13 protein coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and AT rich region.

The complete mitochondrial genome of the dusky brown-gray–colored honeybee,Apis mellifera(insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae) of New Zealand

“…ND2 stared with ATC. This pattern is commonly found in A. mellifera subspecies (Crozier and Crozier 1993 ; Gibson and Hunt 2015 ; Haddad 2015 ; Hu et al. 2015 ; Eimanifar et al.…”

“…ND2 stared with ATC. This pattern is commonly found in A. mellifera subspecies (Crozier and Crozier 1993;Gibson and Hunt 2015;Haddad 2015;Hu et al 2015;Eimanifar et al 2016aEimanifar et al , 2016bEimanifar et al , 2017aEimanifar et al , 2017bEimanifar et al , 2017cHaddad et al 2017;Nakagawa et al 2018). The stop codon of these genes was uniformly TAA, similar to other honeybee subspecies.…”

The complete mitochondrial genome of the yellow coloured honeybeeApis mellifera(Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae) of New Zealand

“… 2017a , 2017b , 2017c ; Haddad et al. 2017 ). The stop codon of each of these protein-coding genes was either TAA, similar to that in the other honeybee subspecies.…”

“…The ATP6 and ATP8 genes shared 19 nucleotides. Six protein-coding genes of the A. mellifera mitochondrial genome started with ATT, the ATP6, COIII, ND4, and Cytb genes started with ATG, the COI and ND3 genes started with ATA, and the ND2 gene stared with ATC, all of which have been commonly found in the A. mellifera subspecies mitochondrial genome (Crozier and Crozier 1993;Gibson and Hunt 2015;Hu et al 2015;Haddad 2015;Eimanifar et al 2016aEimanifar et al , 2016bEimanifar et al 2017aEimanifar et al , 2017bEimanifar et al , 2017cHaddad et al 2017). The stop codon of each of these protein-coding genes was either TAA, similar to that in the other honeybee subspecies.…”

The complete mitochondrial genome of a Buckfast bee,Apis mellifera(Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Northern Ireland

“…Over the following decades, he continually selected for traits he favored by crossing his 'Buckfast line' with a wide variety of bee races from across Figure 1. Phylogenetic relationships (maximum likelihood) of the honey bees (Apis spp) and Apis mellifera races based on the nucleotide sequence of 13 proteincoding genes of the mitochondrial genome (Crozier and Crozier 1993;Gibson and Hunt 2015;Hu et al 2015;Haddad 2015;Eimanifar et al 2016aEimanifar et al , 2016bEimanifar et al 2017aEimanifar et al , 2017bEimanifar et al , 2017cHaddad et al 2017;Nakagawa et al 2017). The numbers at the nodes indicate bootstrap support inferred from 1000 bootstrap replicates.…”