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Seven genes of mitochondrial genome enabling differentiation of honeybee subspecies Apis mellifera

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On the basis of comparative sequence analysis of 12 honeybee mitochondrial genes, seven genes enabling us to differentiate honeybees subspecies of the A, M, C, O evolutionary lineages were found. Applying comparative sequence analysis of ND2 gene mtDNA as an example on a statistically valid sample size, we showed a high level of differentiating ability of this gene and assumed that each of these seven genes probably can be used for differentiation of the subspecies within four evolutionary lineages.

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    R. A. Ilyasov, A. V. Poskryakov & A. G. Nikolenko

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Original Russian Text © R.A. Ilyasov, A.V. Poskryakov, A.G. Nikolenko, 2016, published in Genetika, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 10, pp. 1176–1184.

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Ilyasov, R.A., Poskryakov, A.V. & Nikolenko, A.G. Seven genes of mitochondrial genome enabling differentiation of honeybee subspecies Apis mellifera . Russ J Genet 52, 1062–1070 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795416090064

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