Genomic divergence and a lack of recent introgression between commercial and wild bumblebees (Bombus terrestris).

ABSTRACT: The global movement of bees for agricultural pollination services can affect local pollinator populations via hybridization. When commercial bumblebees are of the same species but of different geographic origin, intraspecific hybridization may result in beneficial integration of new genetic variation, or alternatively may disrupt locally adapted gene complexes. However, neither the existence nor the extent of genomic introgression and evolutionary divergence between wild and commercial bumblebees is fully understood. We obtained whole-genome sequencing data from wild and commercial Bombus terrestris collected from sites in Southern Sweden with and without long-term use of commercially imported B. terrestris. We search for evidence of introgression, dispersal and genome

SUBMITTER: Kardum Hjort C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8965379 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature