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Mitochondrial DNA Variability in the Honey bee Apis mellifera L., Implications for Conservation

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Naturais::Ciências Biológicas
datacite.subject.fosCiências Agrárias::Biotecnologia Agrária e Alimentar
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg15:Proteger a Vida Terrestre
datacite.subject.sdg13:Ação Climática
dc.contributor.authorVella, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorLanfranco, Sandro
dc.contributor.authorHernández, Raquel Martín
dc.contributor.authorHiges, Mariano
dc.contributor.authorNanetti, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorPinto, M. Alice
dc.contributor.authorYadró Garcia, Carlos A.
dc.contributor.authorHenriques, Dora
dc.contributor.authorCilia, Giovanni
dc.contributor.authorSagastume De Andrés, Soledad
dc.contributor.authorAdjlane, Noureddine
dc.contributor.authorAl Shagour, Banan
dc.contributor.authorAl Daour, Ahmad
dc.contributor.authorMuz, Mustafa Necati
dc.contributor.authorMuz, Dilek
dc.contributor.authorHosri, Chadi
dc.contributor.authorZammit Mangion, Marion
dc.contributor.authorGalea, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-11T12:19:14Z
dc.date.available2026-02-11T12:19:14Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThe Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) is a keystone species that plays a vital role in maintaining environmental health and agricultural productivity. However, it faces significant threats, including indiscriminate pesticide use, parasite ecosystem expansion, climate change, and the uncontrolled importation of non-native subspecies. The PRIMA project MEDIBEES (Monitoring the Mediterranean Honey Bee Subspecies and Their Resilience to Climate Change for Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems) aims to identify the current genetic structure of native honey bee populations across the Mediterranean and neighbouring regions to help support breeding programmes and conservation efforts. A. mellifera subspecies may be classified into four major mitochondrial DNA lineages: A (Africa), M (Western and Northern Europe), C (Eastern and Central Europe) and O (Western and Central Asia), each of which is sub-divided into a number of haplotypes. The occurrence of non-native lineages is a strong indicator of introduction of foreign subspecies. In this study, the mtDNA tRNA-COII region of over 1,344 DNA samples was amplified using standard PCR methods, sequenced and then analysed using Geneious Prime 2024 software. These samples were collected from the Mediterranean and neighbouring regions including A.m. ligustica (Italy), A.m. siciliana (Italy, Sicily), A.m. cypria (Cyprus), A.m. syriaca (Jordan and Lebanon), A.m. ruttneri (Malta), A.m. meda (Iran), A.m. anatoliaca and A.m. caucasica (Turkey), A.m. jemenitica (UAE and Oman), A.m. sahariensis (Morocco and Algeria), A.m. macedonica (Greece) and A.m. intermissa (Algeria). Results indicate that lineage C, typical of A.m. ligustica and A.m. carnica, was present in a number of studied samples, suggesting the introduction of non-native C lineage subspecies through the importation of commercially managed colonies. This presentation will focus on describing the current distribution of mtDNA haplotypes within these subspecies as well as evidence of non-native lineages, indicating the possible introduction of other subspecies into these regions. The implications of the data including insights into the movement and transfer of subspecies in these areas and potential impact on local beekeeping practices will be discussed.eng
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dc.identifier.citationVella, Cristina; Lanfranco, Sandro; Hernández, Raquel Martín; Higes, Mariano; Nanetti, Antonio; Pinto, M. Alice; García, Carlos A. Yadró; Henriques, Dora; Cilia, Giovanni; Sagastume De Andrés, Soledad; Adjlane, Noureddine; Al Shagour, Banan; Al Daour, Ahmad; Muz, Mustafa Necati; Muz, Dilek; Hosri, Chadi; Zammit Mangion, Marion; Galea, Thomas (2025). Mitochondrial DNA Variability in the Honey bee Apis mellifera L., Implications for Conservation. In Apimondia 2025: book of abstracts.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/35709
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleMitochondrial DNA Variability in the Honey bee Apis mellifera L., Implications for Conservationeng
dc.typeconference proceedings
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferenceDate2025
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceCopenhagen, Denmark
oaire.citation.startPage42
oaire.citation.titleApimondia Scandinavia 2025
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
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person.familyNameYadró Garcia
person.familyNameHenriques
person.givenNameM. Alice
person.givenNameCarlos A.
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