Admixture increases diversity in managed honey bees: Reply to De la Rúa et al. (2013). Issue 12 (9th May 2013)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Admixture increases diversity in managed honey bees: Reply to De la Rúa et al. (2013). Issue 12 (9th May 2013)
- Main Title:
- Admixture increases diversity in managed honey bees: Reply to De la Rúa et al. (2013)
- Authors:
- Harpur, Brock A.
Minaei, Shermineh
Kent, Clement F.
Zayed, Amro - Abstract:
- <abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en" id="mec12332-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>De la Rúa <italic>et al</italic>. (2013) express some concerns about the conclusions of our recent study showing that management increases genetic diversity of honey bees (<italic>Apis mellifera</italic>) by promoting admixture (Harpur <italic>et al</italic>. 2012). We provide a brief review of the literature on the population genetics of <italic>A. mellifera</italic> and show that we utilized appropriate sampling methods to estimate genetic diversity in the focal populations. Our finding of higher genetic diversity in two managed <italic>A. mellifera</italic> populations on two different continents is expected to be the norm given the large number of studies documenting admixture in honey bees. Our study focused on elucidating how management affects genetic diversity in honey bees, not on how to best manage bee colonies. We do not endorse the intentional admixture of honey bee populations, and we agree with De la Rúa <italic>et al</italic>. (2013) that native honey bee subspecies should be conserved.</p> </abstract>
- Is Part Of:
- Molecular ecology. Volume 22:Issue 12(2013)
- Journal:
- Molecular ecology
- Issue:
- Volume 22:Issue 12(2013)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 22, Issue 12 (2013)
- Year:
- 2013
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 12
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2013-0022-0012-0000
- Page Start:
- 3211
- Page End:
- 3215
- Publication Date:
- 2013-05-09
- Subjects:
- Molecular ecology -- Periodicals
Molecular population biology -- Periodicals
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/mec.12332 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0962-1083
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