Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (11): 2395-2403.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.11.09

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Genetic diversity of Apis cerana in Zhejiang, China based on mitochondrial DNA tRNAleu-COⅡ sequence

CAO Lianfei1(), SHI Jinhu2, XU Yalan3, SU Xiaoling4, HU Fuliang3, ZHENG Huoqing3,*()   

  1. 1. Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
    2. Zhejiang Animal Husbandry Technology Promotion and Breeding Livestock and Poultry Monitoring Station, Hangzhou 310021, China
    3. College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
    4. Jinhua Academy of Agricultural Science, Jinhua 321000, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2022-02-15 Online:2022-11-25 Published:2022-11-29
  • Contact: ZHENG Huoqing

Abstract:

To further understand the genetic diversity of Apis cerana in Zhejiang Province, the genetic variation and population genetic structure were determined based on the mitochondrial DNA tRNAleu-COⅡ sequences of 448 samples from ten prefecture-level cities in Zhejiang, China. Forty-six haplotypes were found and the haplotype diversity (Hd) was 0.665 7, the nucleotide diversity (Pi) was 0.002 61, which indicated that A. cerana in Zhejiang Province had relatively high haplotype diversity and low nucleotide diversity. Neutral test and network of haplotypes showed that A. cerana in Zhejiang Province might have experienced recent expansion. Population genetic structure analysis showed that A. cerana populations in Hangzhou and Ningbo had a certain extent of genetic differentiations with other surrounding A. cerana populations, which was possibly related to the survivorship and adaptation of A. cerana in the local areas over a long period of time and a certain geographical isolation. A new haplotype that highly differentiated with other haplotypes of A. cerana in China was found in this study.

Key words: Zhejiang, Apis cerana, genetic diversity, mitochondrial DNA

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