We analyzed a total of 760 worker bees, two samples per colony, 390 colonies in 26
provinces in Turkey to determine and compare the genetic variation of Turkish
honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) populations using 10 primers for RAPD and 6
microsatellite loci. Mean gene diversity levels ranged from 0.035 (Sanliurfa) to 0.175
(Antalya) for RAPD and 0.449 (Mugla) to 0.739 (Artvin) for microsatellite markers.
Private band patterns and alleles, pairwise FST values support that the Anatolian
honey bees belong to C lineage except for Hatay and Sanliurfa populations illustrated
from previous findings of mitochondrial DNA studies. Genetic differentiation (GST)
from RAPD data ranged from 0.060 (Bilecik and Mugla) to 0.395 (Gö / kç / eada and
Sanliurfa). The genetic diversity (FST) for microsatellites ranged from -0.068
(Gö / kç / eada and & / #272 / zmir) to 0.347 (Konya and Mugla).
The results of the present research are in agreement to that of previous study in
Turkish honey bee populations which used different microsatellite loci. That is the
genetic variation was the highest in African, the lowest in European and intermediate
in the Mediterranean honey bee populations. The data presented here indicate that in
spite of extensive migratory beekeeping, there is still a large genetic differentiation
among honey bee populations.
These results should be considered in establishment of conservation plans
particularly in moving of colonies between regions. The most importantly
introduction of bees with foreign origin and distribution queen bees from one center
to all over the country which will homogenize the gene pool of the populations
should be prevented
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610443/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 February 2009 |
| Creators | Ivgin Tunca, Rahsan |
| Contributors | Kence, Meral |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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