The mitochondrial genome of the Spanish honey bee, Apis mellifera iberiensis (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), from Portugal

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

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1693920

The mitochondrial genome of the Spanish honey bee, Apis mellifera iberiensis (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), from Portugal

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Dec 9;5(1):17-18. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1693920.

Authors

Leigh Boardman¹, Amin Eimanifar¹, Rebecca Kimball², Edward Braun², Stefan Fuchs³, Bernd Grünewald³, James D Ellis¹

Affiliations

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

Abstract

The Spanish honey bee Apis mellifera iberiensis, had a mitochondrial genome of 16,560 bp. It consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, and an AT-rich control region. The sample was from Portugal and its mitogenome resembled those of the African (A)-lineage honey bee subspecies. It was most closely related to other North African honey bees, namely A. m. sahariensis and A. m. intermissa.

Keywords: A-lineage; Apis mellifera iberica; NGS; mitogenome.

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.