Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (19)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Sheppard, W. S.
Right arrow Articles by Krell, A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Sheppard, W. S.
Right arrow Articles by Krell, A.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

The Journal of Heredity 1996:87(1):35-40
© 1996 The American Genetic Association 87:35-40

research-article

Hinfl Variation in Mitochondrial DNA of Old World Honey Bee Subspecies

W. S. Sheppard, T. E. Rinderer, M. D. Meixner, H. R. Yoo, J. A. Stelzer, N. M. Schiff, S. M. Kamel, and A. Krell

From the Bee Research Laboratory USDA-ARS, Bldg. 476, BARC-E, Beltsville, MD 20705
the Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Laboratory USDA-ARS, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
J. W. Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt am Main, Karl-von-Frisch Weg 2, Oberursel Germany
the Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, lsmailia Egypt
the Sperimen tale per La Zoologia Agraria, Sezione do Apicoltura, Rome Italy

Abstract

Intraspecific taxonomy of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, delineates about two dozen subspecies or geographic races occurring throughout the original range in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Variation in behavior, morphology, and genetic markers has been reported among the subspecies and has been used to assess the racial origins of introduced populations in the New World and Australia. We examined mitochondrial DNA variation among endemic honey bee subspecies using the restriction enzyme Hinfl. Twenty different mtDNA haplotypes were identified and their distribution among and within the subspecies improved resolution of relationships among some racial groups and provided unambiguous identification of some taxa.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J HeredHome page
A. M. Collins and L. M. Gardner
Partial Cytochrome b Sequences for Six Hymenoptera of the Eastern United States
J. Hered., November 1, 2001; 92(6): 519 - 521.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.