MtDNA Analysis Indicates Human-Induced Temporal Changes of Serbian Honey Bees Diversity.

ABSTRACT: Local populations of Apis mellifera are rapidly changing by modern beekeeping through the introduction of nonnative queens, selection and migratory beekeeping. To assess the genetic diversity of contemporary managed honey bees in Serbia, we sequenced mitochondrial tRNA^leu-cox2 intergenic region of 241 worker bees from 46 apiaries at eight localities. Nine haplotypes were observed in our samples, with C2d being the most common and widespread. To evaluate genetic diversity patterns, we compared our data with 1696 sequences from the NCBI GenBank from neighbouring countries and Serbia. All 32 detected haplotypes belonged to the Southeast Europe lineage C, with two newly described haplotypes from our sample. The most frequent haplotype was C2d, followed by C2c and C1a.

SUBMITTER: Tanaskovic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8472511 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature