Differences between African and European honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)

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A study was conducted to distinguish the African and European honey bees using nuclear genetic markers in the form of random amplified polymorphic DNA. DNA bands amplified by primers 652 and 691 were specific to the African species while primer 539 was European specific. Primers 694 and 514 were found at high frequencies in European populations but at low frequencies in African populations. The band seen with primer 539 was absent in neotropical African bees. The intermediate frequencies of the African-specific primers 652 and 691 suggested some degree of hybridization.

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Pleiotropy, epistasis, and new QTL: The genetic architecture of honey bee foraging behavior

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The foraging choices of honey bee workers can be accurately quantified, and previous studies have made the foraging behavior of honey bees one of the best studied naturally occurring behavioral phenotypes. The results presented here on our candidate loci show that such confirmatory studies of behavioral quantitative trait loci (QTL) are profitable and possible, provided that the genetic stocks are maintained.

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Genetic structure of an Apis dorsata population: the significance of migration and colony aggregation

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The genetic structure of the giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) found in northeast India was investigated using eight microsatellite loci. Results indicate that aggregations represented distinct breeding units.

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