1. Characterization of the native honey bee (Apis mellifera jemenitica) in the south western region of Saudi Arabia using morphometric and genetic (mtDNA COI) characteristics
- Author
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Enas A.A. Alabdali, Essam H. Ibrahim, Hamed A. Ghramh, Zubair Ahmad, and Asma N. Asiri
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Mitochondrial DNA ,Biology ,Subspecies ,complex mixtures ,01 natural sciences ,DNA barcoding ,Genomic analysis ,Carniolan bees ,03 medical and health sciences ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Gene ,Aseer ,Morphometry ,fungi ,Coi gene ,Nucleic acid sequence ,Honey bee ,030104 developmental biology ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Evolutionary biology ,GenBank ,behavior and behavior mechanisms ,Original Article ,DNA Barcode ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Apis mellifera jemenitica incorporates a few perceived subspecies that vary in their natural properties and farming qualities. Mitochondrial COI gene sequence (mtCOI) has not been used before for bee identification in the southwestern region of Saudi Arabia. The aim of this work was to study the morphometry and analyzing the mtCOI of all collected bees. The nucleotide sequence of the mtCOI gene was analyzed. Similarity searches and distances between each obtained DNA and sequences available in GenBank were made. Morphometric analysis revealed close similarities among the studied bees, but these similarities are different from those previously indicated in earlier studies of the same region. Molecular studies revealed that the collected bees are similar to each other and some other sequences found in GenBank, but these bees are a new hybrid or subspecies that are different from those previously reported in the same region, indicating the emergence of a new hybrid.
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- 2021