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PLOS ONE
卷 16, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260833
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
A genome wide association study was conducted on two subspecies of western honey bees endemic to the Republic of South Africa, revealing genetic variants associated with important phenotypes such as ovariole number, scutellar plate, and tergite color. Mutations in genes such as Ebony and GB54634 were found to significantly influence these phenotypes, highlighting the genetic components underlying relevant behavioral traits in honey bees.
The traits of two subspecies of western honey bees, Apis mellifera scutellata and A.m. capensis, endemic to the Republic of South Africa (RSA), are of biological and commercial relevance. Nevertheless, the genetic basis of important phenotypes found in these subspecies remains poorly understood. We performed a genome wide association study on three traits of biological relevance in 234 A.m. capensis, 73 A.m. scutellata and 158 hybrid individuals. Thirteen markers were significantly associated to at least one trait (P <= 4.28 x 10(-6)): one for ovariole number, four for scutellar plate and eight for tergite color. We discovered two possible causative variants associated to the respective phenotypes: a deletion in GB46429 or Ebony (NC_007070.3:g.14101325G>del) (R69Efs*85) and a nonsense on GB54634 (NC_007076.3:g.4492792A>G;p.Tyr128*) causing a premature stop, substantially shortening the predicted protein. The mutant genotypes are significantly associated to phenotypes in A.m. capensis. Loss-of-function of Ebony can cause accumulation of circulating dopamine, and increased dopamine levels correlate to ovary development in queenless workers and pheromone production. Allelic association (P = 1.824 x 10(-5)) of NC_007076.3:g.4492792A> G;p.Tyr128* to ovariole number warrants further investigation into function and expression of the GB54634 gene. Our results highlight genetic components of relevant production/conservation behavioral phenotypes in honey bees.
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