What is it about?
We have researched native Korean honeybees Apis cerana koreana and found that they differ from neighbour Japanese Apis cerana japonica and Chinese Apis cerana cerana populations based on analysis of mitochondrial genome, gene Vitellogenin, Elongation factor EF-1a and morphology characteristics.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
The taxonomic designation of Apis cerana koreana will allow to preserve native korean bees gene pool from hybridization with introduced to Korea bees from another Asian countries. Protection of Apis cerana koreana can preserve the biodiversity of other Korean animals and plants.
Perspectives
The taxonomic designation of Korean bees will allow to include Apis cerana koreana to the list of Korean endangered animals and will allow create strategy for preserving the native korean bees gene pool in National Reserves and Isolates on Islands.
Dr. Rustem Abuzarovich Ilyasov
Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Ufa Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Phylogenetic Uniqueness of Honeybee Apis Cerana from the Korean Peninsula Inferred from The Mitochondrial, Nuclear, and Morphological Data, Journal of Apicultural Science, December 2018, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.2478/jas-2018-0018.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
