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The impact of apiculture on the structure of Atlantic island honey bee populations

dc.contributor.authorMuñoz, Irene
dc.contributor.authorPinto, M. Alice
dc.contributor.authorDe la Rúa, Pilar
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-28T10:56:51Z
dc.date.available2013-10-28T10:56:51Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractBeekeeping practices such as importation of non-native honeybee queens may interact with the conservation of honey bee subspecies and ecotypes biodiversity. Island honey bee populations are especially appropriate to test the impact of the introduction of foreign subspecies into their genetic diversity and structure. Here we used microsatellite markers to test whether genetic introgression from introduced honey bee queens is taken place in the honey bee populations from the Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira (Macaronesian region). We found introgression signals from foreign honeybee populations on Atlantic islands based on Bayesian structure analysis and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium test. Fst pairwise comparisons with Iberian, North African and other European populations and structure analyses suggest different sources of honey bee queens into the islands: while honey bees from Canary Islands showed introgression from European honey bees, the honey bees from Azores and Madeira showed a closer relationship with those from the Iberian Peninsula. The existence of endemic honey bee populations on the Canary Islands prone to be conserved can still be depicted from the aforementioned analyses.por
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologiapor
dc.identifier.citationMuñoz, Irene; Pinto, M. Alice; De la Rúa, Pilar (2012). The impact of apiculture on the structure of Atlantic island honey bee populations. In 5th European Conference of Apidology: EURBEE 2012. Halle an der Saale, Germanypor
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/8937
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.subjectHoney beepor
dc.subjectMacaronesiapor
dc.subjectmtDNApor
dc.subjectGenetic structurepor
dc.titleThe impact of apiculture on the structure of Atlantic island honey bee populationspor
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceHalle an der Saale, Germanypor
oaire.citation.titleEURBEE 2012: 5th European Conference of Apidologypor
person.familyNamePinto
person.givenNameMaria Alice
person.identifier.ciencia-idF814-A1D0-8318
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9663-8399
person.identifier.scopus-author-id8085507800
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
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