Genetic Diversity of Melipona mandacaia SMITH 1863 (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an Endemic Bee Species from Brazilian Caatinga, Using ISSR
Joint Authors
Miranda, Elder Assis
Campos, Lucio Antonio de Oliveira
Batalha-Filho, Henrique
Waldschmidt, Ana Maria
Oliveira, Priscila Santos
Alves, Rogério Marcos Oliveira
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-01-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In order to evaluate the genetic diversity and structure of Melipona mandacaia, we analyzed 104 colonies collected in 12 localities in Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, using ISSR-PCR.
A total of 109 bands were obtained with a significant polymorphism of 72.47%.
Estimates of genetic diversity indicated low values of heterozygosity (He and HB values were 0.2616 and 0.2573, resp.).
These reduced values have been reported in other studies in stingless bees and maybe justified by dispersion process in the origin of new nests.
AMOVA revealed that the higher percentage of variation is within localities (70.39%).
The ΦST and θB values were, respectively, 0.2961 and 0.3289, thereby indicating a moderate population structuring.
The correlation between genetic and geographic distances (r=0.4542; P<0.01) suggests isolation by distance.
Our study contributes to describing the genetic diversity of endemic organisms from Caatinga and may help future efforts to preserve this threatened biome.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Miranda, Elder Assis& Batalha-Filho, Henrique& Oliveira, Priscila Santos& Alves, Rogério Marcos Oliveira& Campos, Lucio Antonio de Oliveira& Waldschmidt, Ana Maria. 2012. Genetic Diversity of Melipona mandacaia SMITH 1863 (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an Endemic Bee Species from Brazilian Caatinga, Using ISSR. Psyche،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Miranda, Elder Assis…[et al.]. Genetic Diversity of Melipona mandacaia SMITH 1863 (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an Endemic Bee Species from Brazilian Caatinga, Using ISSR. Psyche No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Miranda, Elder Assis& Batalha-Filho, Henrique& Oliveira, Priscila Santos& Alves, Rogério Marcos Oliveira& Campos, Lucio Antonio de Oliveira& Waldschmidt, Ana Maria. Genetic Diversity of Melipona mandacaia SMITH 1863 (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an Endemic Bee Species from Brazilian Caatinga, Using ISSR. Psyche. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466829
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-466829