The complete mitochondrial genome of the West African honey bee Apis mellifera adansonii (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)

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

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1693308

The complete mitochondrial genome of the West African honey bee Apis mellifera adansonii (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Dec 9;5(1):11-12. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1693308.

Authors

Leigh Boardman¹, Amin Eimanifar^{1

2}, Rebecca Kimball³, Edward Braun³, Stefan Fuchs⁴, Bernd Grünewald⁴, James D Ellis¹

Affiliations

¹ Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
² Independent Senior Research Scientist, Industrial District, Easton, MD, USA.
³ Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
⁴ Institut für Bienenkunde, Polytechnische Gesellschaft, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Oberursel, Germany.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome of the West African honey bee Apis mellifera adansonii consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and a control region. It was 16,466 bp and consisted of 84.7% AT nucleotides. This subspecies had a similar mitogenome to those of other southern African honey bees, namely A. m. scutellata, A. m. capensis, and A. m. monticola.

Keywords: A-lineage honey bee; Mitogenome; next-generation sequencing.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) under the cooperative agreements AP17PPQS&T00C172 and AP18PPQS&T00C116.