The frequency of African (Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier) matrilineal usurpation of managed European-derived honey bee (A. mellifera L.) colonies in the southeastern United States

Mortensen, Ashley N.

doi:10.1007/s00040-014-0383-1

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“…If the evolutionary history is not congruent with the matrilineal history then the inferred organismal phylogeny from mtDNA will be biased. However, if unraveling matrilineal patterns of history is a goal of research the mtDNA genome can be exploited efficiently to test hypotheses about this interesting demographic behavior (24)(25)(26). (Figure 2).…”

Section: Animal Systematics Using Mtdna Sequencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

MtDNA The small workhorse of evolutionary studies

2017

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The double-stranded, circular mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is present in all eukaryotic life forms, was initially discovered and characterized in the last century and has been widely used in evolutionary studies. Since then, a large number of studies have taken advantage of the genetic information encoded in this genome. Because of its small size in animals (in general), the technical ease of manipulating mitochondrial genome and the dynamics of its evolutionary change, this genome has been the workhorse of evolutionary studies over the past three decades. However, the ease with which nuclear DNA can be manipulated due to next generation sequencing (NGS) methods, has recently caused an expected dip in the use of mtDNA in evolutionary studies. This review examines the future of mitochondrial DNA as a useful tool in studies centered around evolution.

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Section: Animal Systematics Using Mtdna Sequencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

MtDNA The small workhorse of evolutionary studies

2017

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“…In their northern migratory expansion, Africanized honey bees established feral populations and interbred with resident European stocks (Quezada-Euán and Hinsull 1995;Clarke et al 2001). The expansion of the Africanized population northwards seems to have stabilized (Mortensen and Ellis 2015). After almost 30 years of interaction, the present populations of honey bees in the northern neotropics are a composite of European-and African-derived genes (Quezada-Euán 2000; Clarke et al 2002;Pinto et al 2004;Kraus et al 2007;Zamora et al 2008).…”

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“…The various associations of the P and Q elements coupled with a polymorphism for the restriction enzyme Dra I are indicative of a particular lineage (Garnery et al 1993;Franck et al 1998;. Mitochondrial DNA can trace the maternal origin of colonies, and for paternal genetic contribution, morphometric traits are good indicators of nuclear introgression (Rinderer et al 1991;Mortensen and Ellis 2015). Morphometric traits can also be combined to determine a probability of Africanization using various methods (Sylvester and Rinderer 1987).…”

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Stock composition of northern neotropical honey bees: mitotype and morphotype diversity in Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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-The stock of honey bees in the northern neotropics is likely a composite of European and African lineages, but the genetic makeup of most populations in this region has remained unstudied. We analyzed the genetic composition of honey bees across temperate and tropical regions of Mexico using mitochondrial and morphometric analyses. The results showed that honey bees from Mexico are descendent almost in similar proportion from matrilines of African and European origins. However, morphometrics indicate that most colonies are the result of extensive introgressive hybridization with Africanized bees. While large-scale displacement of European honey bees seems to have occurred in the tropical regions, higher frequencies of colonies with a mixed range of AfricanEuropean markers were identified in the temperate areas. Our results suggest that the outcome of the hybridization between Africanized and European honey bees in Mexico has been significantly associated with climate.Apis mellifera / Africanization / introgressive hybridization / mtDNA / morphometrics

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The frequency of African (Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier) matrilineal usurpation of managed European-derived honey bee (A. mellifera L.) colonies in the southeastern United States

Cited by 2 publications

References 23 publications

MtDNA The small workhorse of evolutionary studies

MtDNA The small workhorse of evolutionary studies

Stock composition of northern neotropical honey bees: mitotype and morphotype diversity in Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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