Population structure of honey bees in the Carpathian Basin (Hungary) confirms introgression from surrounding subspecies.

ABSTRACT: Carniolan honey bees (Apis mellifera carnica) are considered as an indigenous subspecies in Hungary adapted to most of the ecological and climatic conditions in this area. However, during the last decades Hungarian beekeepers have recognized morphological signs of the Italian honey bee (Apis mellifera ligustica). As the natural distribution of the honey bee subspecies can be affected by the importation of honey bee queens or by natural gene flow, we aimed at determining the genetic structure and characteristics of the local honey bee population using molecular markers. All together, 48 Hungarian and 84 foreign (Italian, Polish, Spanish, Liberian) pupae and/or workers were used for mitochondrial DNA analysis. Additionally, 53 sequences corresponding to 10 subspecies and the Buckfast hybrid

SUBMITTER: Pentek-Zakar E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4813114 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature