Clinal variation and selection on MDH allozymes in honeybees in Chile
- 25 March 2004
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Hereditas
- Vol. 140 (2), 149-153
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-5223.2004.01669.x
Abstract
Evidence of clinal variation and selection on Mdh-1 locus was observed in 27 samples from 22 sites in a 2800 km north-south transect across Chile. We found a negative correlation among F allele normalized frequency and mean temperature, and minimum temperature of January and July, as well as a positive correlation among S allele normalized frequency and annual mean, and minimum January temperatures. Our results lend weight to the idea that Chilean honeybee populations of colder areas have higher F allele frequencies, supporting previous claims that Mdh-1 allozymes of Apis mellifera are subject to temperature-mediated selectionKeywords
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