Standard methods for characterising subspecies and ecotypes of Apis mellifera

MD Meixner, MA Pinto, M Bouga, P Kryger… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The natural diversity of honey bees in Europe is eroding fast. A multitude of reasons lead to
a loss of both genetic diversity and specific adaptations to local conditions. To preserve …

A worldwide survey of genome sequence variation provides insight into the evolutionary history of the honeybee Apis mellifera

A Wallberg, F Han, G Wellhagen, B Dahle, M Kawata… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The honeybee Apis mellifera has major ecological and economic importance. We analyze
patterns of genetic variation at 8.3 million SNPs, identified by sequencing 140 honeybee …

Biodiversity, conservation and current threats to European honeybees

P De la Rúa, R Jaffé, R Dall'Olio, I Muñoz, J Serrano - Apidologie, 2009 - apidologie.org
Europe harbours several endemic honeybee (Apis mellifera) subspecies. Yet the distribution
of these subspecies is nowadays also much influenced by beekeeping activities. Large …

Mitochondrial genomes illuminate the evolutionary history of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)

E Tihelka, C Cai, D Pisani, PCJ Donoghue - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) are one of the most important pollinators of agricultural
crops and wild plants. Despite the growth in the availability of sequence data for honey …

Both geometric morphometric and microsatellite data consistently support the differentiation of the Apis mellifera M evolutionary branch

I Miguel, M Baylac, M Iriondo, C Manzano, L Garnery… - Apidologie, 2011 - Springer
Traditional morphometrics, allozymes, and mitochondrial data have supported a close
relationship between the M branch subspecies A. m. iberiensis and the North African …

Honey bee populations of the USA display restrictions in their mtDNA haplotype diversity

M Alburaki, S Madella, J Lopez, M Bouga… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The genetic diversity of the USA honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) populations was examined
through a molecular approach using two mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers. A total of …

Sustainable development outlooks to subsistent apiculture in a transition: the case of Ethiopia

TG Hailu, M Chagunda… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Since the inception of the term sustainable development at the end of the 20th century as a
reconciliation between the needs for socio-economic development and environmental …

Geographical patterns of mitochondrial DNA variation in Apis mellifera iberiensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

F Cánovas, P De la Rúa, J Serrano… - Journal of Zoological …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
An extensive survey of mitochondrial haplotypes in honeybee colonies from the Iberian
Peninsula has corroborated previous hypotheses about the existence of a joint clinal …

Wing geometric morphometrics of workers and drones and single nucleotide polymorphisms provide similar genetic structure in the Iberian honey bee (Apis mellifera …

D Henriques, J Chávez-Galarza, J SG Teixeira… - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wing geometric morphometrics has been applied to honey bees (Apis mellifera) in
identification of evolutionary lineages or subspecies and, to a lesser extent, in assessing …

Gene flow within the M evolutionary lineage of Apis mellifera: role of the Pyrenees, isolation by distance and post-glacial re-colonization routes in the western Europe

I Miguel, M Iriondo, L Garnery, WS Sheppard… - Apidologie, 2007 - apidologie.org
We present a population genetic study focused on the two subspecies of the M evolutionary
lineage, A. m. mellifera and A. m. iberiensis. Nuclear and mtDNA variation was analysed in …