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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.
BMC genetics - 2 Jun 2017
Techer Maéva Angélique, Clémencet Johanna, Simiand Christophe, Preeaduth Sookar, Azali Hamza Abdou, Reynaud Bernard, Hélène Delatte
Abstract excerpt
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 evolutionary lineages in honey bees. Despite a long beekeeping tradition and several recorded European introductions, few...
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