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Conservation of European M-lineage honey bees using abdominal colour as an indicator of subspecies purity has pitfalls

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dc.contributor.authorHenriques, Dora
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Ana
dc.contributor.authorFerrari, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorNeves, Cátia J.
dc.contributor.authorQuaresma, Andreia
dc.contributor.authorBrowne, Keith A.
dc.contributor.authorMcCormack, Grace P.
dc.contributor.authorPinto, M. Alice
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-17T11:30:41Z
dc.date.available2022-10-17T11:30:41Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThere are 31 honey bee (Apis mellifera) recognized subspecies, which have been grouped into four main lineages. Two of these lineages occur naturally in Europe: M in western and northern Europe and C in southeastern Europe. In Europe, M-lineage groups only two subspecies, Apis mellifera mellifera and Apis mellifera iberiensis, both being black in colour. C-Lineage groups have instead eight subspecies, including one of the beekeepers-favored and phenotypically distinct, the yellow Apis mellifera ligustica from Italy. M-lineage honey bees’ distribution has been changing and in some countries, the native bee is being replaced or hybridised with C-lineage subspecies. Honey bee abdominal pigmentation is one of the most recognisable traits and it has been used by beekeepers as an indicator of subspecies identity. However, this approach may negatively impact population diversity and is futile if there is no association between tergite colour patterns and genetic background. To test this approach, we calculated the introgression level of A. m. mellifera (N=162) and A. m. iberiensis individuals (N=559) with different colour phenotypes and from a wide geographical range using informative SNPs. In this study, many A. m. mellifera samples showed high levels of C-lineage introgression. The individuals collected in Iberia were revealed to be pure. Introgressed A. m. iberiensis individuals were all from the Azores, where a high frequency of C-lineage mitotypes exists in several islands. Our results showed that for both subspecies, it is not possible to directly identify introgressed individuals from observed colour patterns, as we found black honey bees with a considerable amount of introgression and honey bees with yellow banding that were pure or marginally introgressed. With this study, we hope to increase awareness among stakeholders of the need to use other tools to select honey bees for conservation and breeding purposes.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was financed by the Native Irish Honeybee Society (NIHBS), Federation of Irish Beekeeping Associations (FIBKA) and FEDER (Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional) through the program COMPETE 2020–POCI (Programa Operacional para a Competividade e Internacionalização) and by the Portuguese funds through FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) in the framework of the project BeeHappy (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029871). FCT provided financial support by national funds (FCT/MCTES) to CIMO (UIDB/00690/2020). Dora Henriques is funded by BeeHappy and MEDIBEES which is part of the PRIMA programme supported by the European Union.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationHenriques, Dora; Lopes, Ana Rita; Ferrari, Roberto; Neves, Cátia J.; Quaresma, Andreia; Browne, Keith A.; McCormack, Grace P.; Pinto, M. Alice (2022). Conservation of European M-lineage honey bees using abdominal colour as an indicator of subspecies purity has pitfalls. In ICBEES-International Congress on Bee Sciences. Onlinept_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/26012
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relationPOCI-01-0145-FEDER-029871pt_PT
dc.relationMountain Research Center
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectApis mellifera melliferapt_PT
dc.subjectApis mellifera iberiensispt_PT
dc.subjectSNPspt_PT
dc.subjectyellow bandingpt_PT
dc.subjectconservationpt_PT
dc.titleConservation of European M-lineage honey bees using abdominal colour as an indicator of subspecies purity has pitfallspt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleICBEES-International Congress on Bee Sciencespt_PT
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person.familyNameHenriques
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person.familyNamePinto
person.givenNameDora
person.givenNameAna
person.givenNameAndreia
person.givenNameM. Alice
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
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