Large-scale mitochondrial DNA analysis of native honey bee Apis mellifera populations reveals a new African subgroup private to the South West Indian Ocean islands

Large-scale mitochondrial DNA analysis of native honey bee Apis mellifera populations reveals a new African subgroup private to the South West Indian Ocean islands

Abstract Background The South West Indian Ocean (SWIO) archipelagos and Madagascar constitute a hotspot of biodiversity with a high rate of endemism. In this area, the endemic subspecies A. m. unicolor has been described in Madagascar. It belongs to the African lineage, one of the four described evo...

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Main Authors: Maéva Angélique Techer, Johanna Clémencet, Christophe Simiand, Sookar Preeaduth, Hamza Abdou Azali, Bernard Reynaud, Delatte Hélène
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Genetics
Subjects:
COI-COII intergenic region
ND2
A. M. unicolor
Sequencing
Islands
Tropical
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12863-017-0520-8

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