Assessing the Utility of a PCR Diagnostics Marker for the Identification of Africanized Honey Bee, Apis mellifera L., (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the United States.

An assessment of a molecular diagnostic technique for distinguishing Africanized honey bees from European honey bees in the United States was conducted. Results from multiplex PCR diagnostics of a mitochondrial DNA cyt-b marker corresponded with results based on COI-COII sequencing analysis, but di...

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Main Authors: Allen Szalanski, Amber Tripodi
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/312
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description An assessment of a molecular diagnostic technique for distinguishing Africanized honey bees from European honey bees in the United States was conducted. Results from multiplex PCR diagnostics of a mitochondrial DNA cyt-b marker corresponded with results based on COI-COII sequencing analysis, but differed from morphometric analysis results. We suggest utilizing both multiplex PCR and morphometric methods for Africanized honey bee diagnostics in the United States, when possible.
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spelling doaj-art-1c3a48b5ff4a4cb498fbe977304dcedf2025-08-20T03:17:58ZengUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaSociobiology0361-65252447-80672014-07-01612Assessing the Utility of a PCR Diagnostics Marker for the Identification of Africanized Honey Bee, Apis mellifera L., (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the United States.Allen Szalanski0Amber Tripodi1University of ArkansasUniversity of Arkansas An assessment of a molecular diagnostic technique for distinguishing Africanized honey bees from European honey bees in the United States was conducted. Results from multiplex PCR diagnostics of a mitochondrial DNA cyt-b marker corresponded with results based on COI-COII sequencing analysis, but differed from morphometric analysis results. We suggest utilizing both multiplex PCR and morphometric methods for Africanized honey bee diagnostics in the United States, when possible. https://www.periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/312Apis melliferaAfricanized honey beemtDNAmolecular diagnostics
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Assessing the Utility of a PCR Diagnostics Marker for the Identification of Africanized Honey Bee, Apis mellifera L., (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the United States.
Sociobiology
Apis mellifera
Africanized honey bee
mtDNA
molecular diagnostics
title Assessing the Utility of a PCR Diagnostics Marker for the Identification of Africanized Honey Bee, Apis mellifera L., (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the United States.
title_full Assessing the Utility of a PCR Diagnostics Marker for the Identification of Africanized Honey Bee, Apis mellifera L., (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the United States.
title_fullStr Assessing the Utility of a PCR Diagnostics Marker for the Identification of Africanized Honey Bee, Apis mellifera L., (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the United States.
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the Utility of a PCR Diagnostics Marker for the Identification of Africanized Honey Bee, Apis mellifera L., (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the United States.
title_short Assessing the Utility of a PCR Diagnostics Marker for the Identification of Africanized Honey Bee, Apis mellifera L., (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the United States.
title_sort assessing the utility of a pcr diagnostics marker for the identification of africanized honey bee apis mellifera l hymenoptera apidae in the united states
topic Apis mellifera
Africanized honey bee
mtDNA
molecular diagnostics
url https://www.periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/312
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