The mitochondrial genome of the Maltese honey bee, Apis mellifera ruttneri (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Leigh Boardman; Amin Eimanifar; Rebecca T. Kimball; Edward L.  Braun; Stefan Fuchs; Bernd Grünewald; James D. Ellis

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1717384

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (Jan 2020)

The mitochondrial genome of the Maltese honey bee, Apis mellifera ruttneri (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Leigh Boardman,
Amin Eimanifar,
Rebecca T. Kimball,
Edward L. Braun,
Stefan Fuchs,
Bernd Grünewald,
James D. Ellis

Affiliations

Leigh Boardman: Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida
Amin Eimanifar: Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida
Rebecca T. Kimball: Department of Biology, University of Florida
Edward L. Braun: Department of Biology, University of Florida
Stefan Fuchs: Institut für Bienenkunde, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Bernd Grünewald: Institut für Bienenkunde, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
James D. Ellis: Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2020.1717384
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 877 – 878

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The mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera ruttneri consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNAs, 22 tRNAs, an AT-rich control region, and was 16,577 bp long. The phylogenetic analyses suggested that A. m. ruttneri was closely related to two North African subspecies: A. m. sahariensis and A. m. intermissa.

Published in Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources

ISSN: 2380-2359 (Online)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Genetics
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tmdn20

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