2002 Cilt 2 Sayı 3

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    Genetic diversity ın Turkish honey bees
    (Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2002) Smith, Deborah R.
    Apis mellifera shows geographic variation in morphology and in genetic characteristics. Allozyme polymoprhisms and mitochondrial DNA variation are particularly useful tools for the study of genetic and geographic variation in honey bees. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation reveals four lineages of bees: West European, East European, African and a newly recognized Middle Eastern lineage. In Turkey, mtDNA study shows that A. m. anatoliaca and A. m. caucasica belong to the East European group. Approximately 86% of sample colonies of A. m. anatoliaca in Thrace share genetic traits with A. m. carnica. A. m. caucasica mtDNA was found in 77% of colonies examined near the Georgian border, 29% of sample colonies in Erzurum, and 25% of sample colonies from Muş, Bitlis and Van. Samples from Hatay showed that 57% had mtDNA belonging to the Middle Eastern group. These are believed to represent A. m. syriaca. Allozyme variation also exists among Turkish populations, but a high frequency of Mdh1100 is characteristic of all populations examined. There is still much to learn about genetic variation among Turkish honey bees, but much variation may be lost due to migratory beekeeping, large scale queen production from limited stocks and distributing them to all over the country.