Morphometric and electrophoretic variation in different honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations

Kandemir I., Kence M., Kence A.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES, vol.29, no.3, pp.885-890, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.885-890
  • Keywords: morphometry, electrophoresis, allozymes, honeybee, TURKISH HONEYBEES, MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS, IMPORTANT RACES, ECOTYPES, LINEAGE, BEES
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Honeybee colonies from Turkey, Naxcivan (Azerbajan) and Austria were studied for morphometric and electrophoretic variation and for comparison among different subspecies. Out of six enzyme systems, four were found to be polymorphic with 14 allozymes. Discriminant function analysis of 10 morphometric variables resulted in a total of four groups. Cluster analysis of electrophoretic data showed a similar type of groupings. Among the four polymorphic loci, Mdh-1 showed the highest and Est-3 the lowest differentiation among populations.