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First Evidence of Presence of Varroa underwoodi Mites on Native Apis cerana Colonies in Primorsky Territory of Russia Based on COX1 Gene Cover

First Evidence of Presence of Varroa underwoodi Mites on Native Apis cerana Colonies in Primorsky Territory of Russia Based on COX1 Gene

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|Jun 2021

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1

The ventral (A) and dorsal (B) surfaces of the adult female mite Varroa underwoodi were sampled from the Primorsky Territory, Russia. Pictures were taken by Junichi Takahashi.

Table 1

Pairwise p-distance and genetic divergence below diagonal, nucleotide and amino acid differences above the diagonal among V. underwoodi, V. destructor, and V. jacobsoni based on COX1 gene sequence of mtDNA

SpeciesV. underwoodi, N = 6V. destructor, N = 4V. jacobsoni, N = 2
Number of nucleotide differences/number of amino acid differences
V. underwoodip-distance45 / 3644 / 34
V. destructor/ genetic* 0.099 / 10%33 / 26
V. jacobsonidivergence* 0.097 / 10%* 0.072 / 7%

Notes:

* statistically significant differences (p≤0.05)

Table 2

Pairwise differences and genetic divergence among samples of V. underwoodi, V. destructor, and V. jacobsoni calculated based on the COX1 gene sequences polymorphism

Samples1. MH205176, V. underwoodi2. LC532104, V. underwoodi3. MH205175, V. underwoodi4. MH205174, V. underwoodi5. MH205173, V. underwoodi6. MH205177, V. underwoodi7. KJ403744, V. destructor8. KJ403742, V. destructor9. KJ507740, V. destructor10. KJ403739, V. destructor11. MF462134, V. jacobsoni12 AF010479, V. jacobsoni
Number of nucleotide differences/number of amino acid differences
1. MH205176, V. underwoodi, China, Jilinp-distance / genetic divergence0/01/11/12/210/844/3646/3646/3644/3544/3444/34
2. LC532104, V. underwoodi, Russia, Primorsky0.000/0%1/11/12/210/844/3646/3646/3644/3544/3444/34
3. MH205175, V. underwoodi, China, Nanchang0.002/0%0.002/0%0/01/110/845/3747/3747/3745/3645/3545/35
4. MH205174, V. underwoodi, China, Jinhua0.002/0%0.002/0%0.000/0%1/110/845/3747/3747/3745/3645/3545/35
5. MH205173, V. underwoodi, China, Hangzhou0.004/0%0.004/0%0.002/0%0.002/0%9/745/3747/3747/3745/3645/3545/35
6. MH205177, V. underwoodi, China, Maoming0.022/2%0.022/2%0.022/2%0.022/2%0.020/2%42/3644/3644/3642/3544/3644/36
7. KJ403744, V. destructor, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh0.096/10%0.096/10%0.098/10%0.098/10%0.098/10%0.092/9%4/24/22/132/2732/27
8. KJ403742, V. destructor, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh0.100/10%0.100/10%0.103/10%0.103/10%0.103/10%0.096/10%0.009/1%0/04/134/2734/27
9. KJ507740, V. destructor, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh0.100/10%0.100/10%0.103/10%0.103/10%0.103/10%0.096/10%0.009/1%0.000/0%4/134/2734/27
10. KJ403739, V. destructor, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh0.096/10%0.096/10%0.098/10%0.098/10%0.098/10%0.092/9%0.004/1%0.009/1%0.009/1%32/2632/26
11. MF462134, V. jacobsoni, Papua New Guinea0.096 10%0.096/10%0.098/10%0.098/10%0.098/10%0.096/10%0.070/7%0.074/7%0.074/7%0.070/7%0/0
12 AF010479, V. jacobsoni, Australia, Canberra0.096/10%0.096/10%0.098/10%0.098/10%0.098/10%0.096/10%0.070/7%0.074/7%0.074/7%0.070/7%0.000/0%
Fig. 2

A neighbor-joining (NJ) phylogenetic tree constructed in CLC Genomics Workbench 20 using p-distances between mitochondrial COX1 gene sequences of three Varroa species with 2000 bootstrap replications. The numbers on each branch indicate the genetic distances.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2021-0014 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439 (formerly 2299-4831)
Language: English
Page range: 177 - 187
Submitted on: Feb 4, 2021
Accepted on: Apr 29, 2021
Published on: Jun 24, 2021
Published by: The National Institute of Horticultural Research and Apicultural Research Association
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2021 Rustem A. Ilyasov, Jun-ichi Takahashi, Maxim Y. Proshchalykin, Arkady S. Lelej, Myeong-lyeol Lee, Hyung Wook Kwon, Alexey G. Nikolenko, published by The National Institute of Horticultural Research and Apicultural Research Association
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