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The genetic structure of honeybee populations from the southern part of Bashkortostan was assessed based on an analysis of mtDNA (COI–COII locus) and five nuclear DNA microsatellite loci (Ap243, 4A110, A8, A113, and A28). The data indicate that the examined populations experience a deficit of heterozygotes despite intense interpedigree hybridization. It is suggested that there is a boundary between the population of Apis mellifera mellifera L. and the hybrid zone in the examined region.
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Original Russian Text © M.D. Kaskinova, R.A. Il’yasov, A.V. Poskryakov, A.G. Nikolenko, 2015, published in Genetika, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 10, pp. 1199–1202.
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Kaskinova, M.D., Il’yasov, R.A., Poskryakov, A.V. et al. Analysis of the genetic structure of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations. Russ J Genet 51, 1033–1035 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795415100075
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