Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers reveal low genetic variation and the presence of two honey bee races in Uganda’s agro-ecological zones

Autor:	Christopher Angiro, Robert Kajobe, Paul N. Ndegwa, Agapitus Kato, G. Nyamasyo, Charles Masembe, Patrice Kasangaki
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	0106 biological sciences Mitochondrial DNA education.field_of_study Beekeeping business.industry Ecology Population Honey bee Biology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences 010602 entomology Intergenic region Pollinator Agriculture Insect Science Genetic variation education business
Zdroj:	Journal of Apicultural Research. 56:112-121
ISSN:	2078-6913 0021-8839
DOI:	10.1080/00218839.2017.1287997
Popis:	As plant pollinators, honey bees (Apis mellifera) play a very important role in agricultural and non agricultural crop production. In addition, honey bee products are of nutritional, medicinal, cosmetic and economic value to society. With the current changing trends in Uganda’s farming systems, it is important to determine the level of genetic variation, and extent of differentiation in the honey bee population. This will be crucial for a successful honey bee management system for improved productivity and conservation of the honey bees in the different agro-ecological zones of Uganda. To achieve this, we investigated the genetic variation in honey bees from ten agro-ecological zones of Uganda by sequencing the intergenic region of the Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) COI-COII. We observed high haplotype diversity (Hd > 0.530) within a majority of the agro-ecological zones except the Southern Highland agro-ecological zone (Hd = 0.154). Both the population structure and the phylogenetic analyses revealed the pres...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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