The genomic basis of adaptation to high elevations in Africanized honey bees.

ABSTRACT: A range of different genetic architectures underpin local adaptation in nature. Honey bees (Apis mellifera) in the Eastern African mountains harbour high frequencies of two chromosomal inversions that likely govern adaptation to this high elevation habitat. In the Americas, honey bees are hybrids of European and African ancestries, and adaptation to latitudinal variation in climate correlates with the proportion of these ancestries across the genome. It is unknown which, if either, of these forms of genetic variation govern adaptation in honey bees living at high elevations in the Americas. Here, we performed whole-genome sequencing of 29 honey bees from both high and low elevation populations in Colombia. Analysis of genetic ancestry indicated that both populations were predominantly of A

SUBMITTER: Everitt T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10484329 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature