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The genomic basis o...
The genomic basis of adaptation to high-altitude habitats in the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana)
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- Montero-Mendieta, Santiago (author)
- Donana Biol Stn EBD CSIC, Conservat & Evolutionary Genet Grp, Seville, Spain
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- Tan, Ken (author)
- Chinese Acad Sci, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China
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- Christmas, Matthew (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab
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- Olsson, Anna (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi
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- Vila, Carles (author)
- Donana Biol Stn EBD CSIC, Conservat & Evolutionary Genet Grp, Seville, Spain
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- Wallberg, Andreas (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab
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- Webster, Matthew Thomas (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi,Science for Life Laboratory, SciLifeLab
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- 2019-02-04
- 2019
- English.
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In: Molecular Ecology. - : WILEY. - 0962-1083 .- 1365-294X. ; 28:4, s. 746-760
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- The eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) is of central importance for agriculture in Asia. It has adapted to a wide variety of environmental conditions across its native range in southern and eastern Asia, which includes high-altitude regions. eastern honey bees inhabiting mountains differ morphologically from neighbouring lowland populations and may also exhibit differences in physiology and behaviour. We compared the genomes of 60 eastern honey bees collected from high and low altitudes in Yunnan and Gansu provinces, China, to infer their evolutionary history and to identify candidate genes that may underlie adaptation to high altitude. Using a combination of F-ST-based statistics, long-range haplotype tests and population branch statistics, we identified several regions of the genome that appear to have been under positive selection. These candidate regions were strongly enriched for coding sequences and had high haplotype homozygosity and increased divergence specifically in highland bee populations, suggesting they have been subjected to recent selection in high-altitude habitats. Candidate loci in these genomic regions included genes related to reproduction and feeding behaviour in honey bees. Functional investigation of these candidate loci is necessary to fully understand the mechanisms of adaptation to high-altitude habitats in the eastern honey bee.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Genetik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Genetics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- altitude adaptation
- genetic differentiation
- honeybees
- local adaptation
- positive selection
- selective sweeps
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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