Henriques, DoraCosta, CeciliaRufino, JoséPinto, M. Alice2022-05-252022-05-252022Henriques, Dora; Costa, Cecília; Rufino, José; Pinto, Maria A. (2022). The mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera siciliana. Mitochondrial DNA Part B. EISSN 2380-2359. 7:5, p. 828-830http://hdl.handle.net/10198/25539We assembled the mitogenome of Apis mellifera siciliana, which was previously identified as African by the tRNA-leu-cox2 intergenic region. The mitogenome is 16,590 bp long. The gene content and organization are identical to other A. mellifera mitogenomes, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and 2 ribosomal RNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed a close mitochondrial relationship between A. m. siciliana and other African subspecies such as Apis mellifera sahariensis, Apis mellifera intermissa, and Apis mellifera ruttneri.engMitogenomeApis mellifera sicilianaAfrican subspeciesPhylogenetic relationshipjournal article10.1080/23802359.2022.20738442380-2359