The mitochondrial genome of the Maltese honey bee, Apis mellifera ruttneri (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Authors

Leigh Boardman, University of Florida
Amin Eimanifar, University of Florida
Rebecca T. Kimball, University of Florida
Edward L. Braun, University of Florida
Stefan Fuchs, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Bernd Grünewald, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
James D. Ellis, University of Florida

Abstract

The mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera ruttneri consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNAs, 22 tRNAs, an AT-rich control region, and was 16,577 bp long. The phylogenetic analyses suggested that A. m. ruttneri was closely related to two North African subspecies: A. m. sahariensis and A. m. intermissa.

Publication Title

Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources

Recommended Citation

Boardman, L., Eimanifar, A., Kimball, R., Braun, E., Fuchs, S., Grünewald, B., & Ellis, J. (2020). The mitochondrial genome of the Maltese honey bee, Apis mellifera ruttneri (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, 5 (1), 877-878. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2020.1717384