Morphometric and alloenzymatic characterisation in the Albanian honeybee population Apis mellifera L

Dedej, Selim; Biasiolo, Adriano; Piva, Raul Cremonezi

doi:10.1051/apido:19960301

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“…The usefulness of the MDH-1 * and EST-3 * loci, as reported by Sheppard and Smith (2000), is strengthened by our data (three alleles for MDH-1 * and two alleles for EST-3 * ). In a related study made by Dedej et al (1996) for A. m. macedonica, two MDH-1 * alleles (MDH-1 * 100 and MDH-1 * 65) were noted but no polymorphisms for the EST-3 * and ME * loci were detected, observations not in accordance with our data. A study by Badino et al (1988) on honey bee populations from Greece, using 15 enzymic loci, found genetic polymorphisms only for MDH-1 * and EST-3 * .…”

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Allozyme Variability and Phylogenetic Relationships in Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis mellifera) Populations From Greece and Cyprus

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Ten gene enzymic systems (alpha-GPDH, AO, MDH, ADH, LAP, SOD, ALP, ACPH, ME, and EST), corresponding to 12 genetic loci, were assayed from five Greek populations representing three subspecies of Apis mellifera, A. m. cecropia (Pthiotida, Kythira), A. m. macedonica (Macedonia), and the "Aegean race" of A. mellifera, which is supposed to be very similar to A. m. adami (Ikaria, Kasos), as well as a population from Cypus (A. m. cypria). ADH( *)-1, ADH( *)-2, and LAP( *) electrophoretic patterns discriminate the Cyprus population from the Greek populations. MDH( *)-1, EST( *)-3, SOD( *), ALP( *), and ME( *) loci were found to be polymorphic in almost all populations. The observed heterozygosity was found to range from 0.066 to 0.251. Allele frequencies of all loci were used to estimate Nei's genetic distance, which was found to range between 0.011 and 0.413 among the populations studied. UPGMA and neighbor-joining phylogenetic trees obtained by genetic distance matrix methods, as well as a Wagner tree based on the discrete character parsimony method, support the hypothesis that the most distant population is that from Cyprus. Our allozymic data support A. m. cypria as a distinct subspecies, but there was no allozymic support for the distinction of the other subspecies existing in Greece.

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Allozyme Variability and Phylogenetic Relationships in Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis mellifera) Populations From Greece and Cyprus

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“…Areas of hybridization have been detected in Choney bee populations: in Albania between A. m. carnica and A. m. macedonica (Dedej et al 1996); in FYROM by the interaction of native A. m. macedonica with A. m. ligustica and A. m. carnica , due to the traditional and longterm intensive importation of A. m. carnica and uncontrolled importation of A. m. ligustica queens (Uzunov et al 2009); in Bulgaria, where A. m. ligustica , A. m. carnica , and A. m. caucasica have commonly been reared for more than three decades, and strongly hybridized with the native A. m. macedonica (Ivanova et al 2007); in central Greece, commercial queen breeding and migratory beekeeping have contributed to the almost complete hybridization (Bouga et al 2005) of the four native subspecies originally described by Ruttner (1988). In addition, mitochondrial haplotypes characteristic of A. m. ligustica were detected in the Carniolan honey bee populations from Slovenia (Sušnik et al 2004), Croatia (Muñoz et al 2009), and Serbia (see Figure 1 in Nedić et al 2014 for an overview).…”

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Wide genetic diversity in Old World honey bees threaten by introgression

Muñoz

Rúa

2020

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The genetic diversity of the honey bee (Apis mellifera ) remains undescribed in some parts of its natural distribution range, concretely in those subspecies inhabiting central and southeastern Europe: the globally distributed A. m. ligustica and A. m. carnica , and A. m. cecropia and A. m. macedonica . In this study, we add further information about their genetic variation, differentiation, and admixture using maternal and codominant (microsatellites) molecular markers. The phylogeographic analysis demonstrated the distinct distribution of mitochondrial haplotypes across the sampled geographic range. Cluster analysis detected two main groups of colonies while further discriminant analysis of the principal components supported the existence of ecotypes within A. m carnica and A. m. macedonica , and admixture of them. The extent of introgression and the presence of foreign haplotypes in some of these populations suggested that introductions of non-native subspecies represent a serious threat to the genetic integrity of native honey bee populations due to the creation of hybrid populations.

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“…Honeybees from France (Cornuet et al, 1982(Cornuet et al, , 1986, Italy (Badino et al, 1983;Sheppard and Berlocher, 1985;Comparini and Biasolo, 1991), Sicily (Badino et al, 1985), Norway (Sheppard and Berlocher, 1984), Turkey (Kandemir and Kence, 1995;Kandemir et al, 2000Kandemir et al, , 2005, Spain (Smith and Glenn, 1995;Arias et al, 2006), Albania (Dedej et al, 1996), Greece (Badino et al, 1988;Bouga et al, 2005a) and Bulgaria (Ivanova et al, 2007) have been analysed with this methodology. The allozymic information depicted from the Old World subspecies has been used to study gene flow between European-derived and African-derived honeybee populations in the New World, as 278 P. De la Rúa et al reviewed in Sheppard and Smith (2000;see also Schneider et al, 2004).…”

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Biodiversity, conservation and current threats to European honeybees

Rúa¹,

Jaffé²,

Dall’Olio³

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Apidologie

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-Europe harbours several endemic honeybee (Apis mellifera) subspecies. Yet the distribution of these subspecies is nowadays also much influenced by beekeeping activities. Large scale migratory beekeeping and trade in queens, coupled with the promiscuous mating system of honeybees, have exposed native European honeybees to increasing introgressive hybridization with managed non-native subspecies, which may lead to the loss of valuable combinations of traits shaped by natural selection. Other threats to European honeybees are factors that have caused a progressive decline in A. mellifera throughout the world in recent years, leading to large economic losses and jeopardizing ecosystem functioning. We review the biodiversity of European honeybees and summarize the management and conservation strategies employed by different countries. A comprehensive picture of the beekeeping industry in Europe is also provided. Finally we evaluate the potential threats affecting the biodiversity of European honeybee populations and provide some perspectives for future research.Apis mellifera / subspecies / biogeography / conservation / Europe / beekeeping

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Morphometric and alloenzymatic characterisation in the Albanian honeybee population Apis mellifera L

Abstract: honeybee / Apis mellifera carnica / Apis mellifera macedonica / Apis mellifera ligustica / Albania / honeybee population / morphometric characterisation / alloenzymatic characterisation

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Allozyme Variability and Phylogenetic Relationships in Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis mellifera) Populations From Greece and Cyprus

Allozyme Variability and Phylogenetic Relationships in Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis mellifera) Populations From Greece and Cyprus

Wide genetic diversity in Old World honey bees threaten by introgression

Biodiversity, conservation and current threats to European honeybees

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