Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources (May 2022)

The mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera siciliana

  • Dora Henriques,
  • Cecília Costa,
  • José Rufino,
  • Maria Alice Pinto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2022.2073844
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 5
pp. 828 – 830

Abstract

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We 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.

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