The genetic variability of honey bees from the southern Balkan peninsula, based on alloenzymic data

dc.contributor.author	Ivanova, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Bouga, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Staykova, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Mladenovic, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Rasic, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Charistos, L	en
dc.contributor.author	Hatjina, F	en
dc.contributor.author	Petrov, P	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:52:09Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:52:09Z
dc.date.issued	2012	en
dc.identifier.issn	00218839	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.3896/IBRA.1.51.4.06	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/5869
dc.subject	Alloenzymes	en
dc.subject	Balkan Peninsula	en
dc.subject	Genetic variability	en
dc.subject	Honey bee	en
dc.title	The genetic variability of honey bees from the southern Balkan peninsula, based on alloenzymic data	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.3896/IBRA.1.51.4.06	en
heal.publicationDate	2012	en
heal.abstract	The genetic variability of honey bee populations, representing Apis mellifera macedonica, Apis mellifera cecropia and Apis mellifera carnica subspecies from the Balkan Peninsula countries of Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, was studied using alloenzymic analysis of six enzyme systems (MDH-1, ME, EST-3, ALP, PGM and HK) corresponding to 6 loci. All loci were found to be polymorphic in most of the populations studied. The observed heterozygosity was found to range from 0.161 to 0.276. Allele frequencies of all loci were used to estimate Nei's (1972) genetic distance, which was found to range between 0.001 and 0.101 among the populations studied. UPGMA and neighbourjoining phylogenetic trees obtained by genetic distance matrix methods show that the honey bee populations from Bulgaria and Greece were clustered together, as were those from Serbia and Montenegro.	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Apicultural Research	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.volume	51	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.3896/IBRA.1.51.4.06	en
dc.identifier.spage	329	en
dc.identifier.epage	335	en