Extensive population admixture on drone congregation areas of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Fabricius, 1793)
Abstract The giant honeybee Apis dorsata often forms dense colony aggregations which can include up to 200 often closely related nests in the same location, setting the stage for inbred matings. Yet, like in all other Apis species, A. dorsata queens mate in mid‐air on lek like drone congregation are...
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| author | Alexis L. Beaurepaire Bernard F. Kraus Gudrun Koeniger Nikolaus Koeniger Herbert Lim Robin F. A. Moritz |
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| description | Abstract The giant honeybee Apis dorsata often forms dense colony aggregations which can include up to 200 often closely related nests in the same location, setting the stage for inbred matings. Yet, like in all other Apis species, A. dorsata queens mate in mid‐air on lek like drone congregation areas (DCAs) where large numbers of males gather in flight. We here report how the drone composition of A. dorsata DCAs facilitates outbreeding, taking into the account both spatial (three DCAs) and temporal (subsequent sampling days) dynamics. We compared the drones’ genotypes at ten microsatellite DNA markers with those of the queen genotypes of six drone‐producing colonies located close to the DCAs (Tenom, Sabah, Malaysia). None of 430 sampled drones originated from any of these nearby colonies. Moreover, we estimated that 141 unidentified colonies were contributing to the three DCAs. Most of these colonies were participating multiple times in the different locations and/or during the consecutive days of sampling. The drones sampled in the DCAs could be attributed to six subpopulations. These were all admixed in all DCA samples, increasing the effective population size an order of magnitude and preventing matings between potentially related queens and drones. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da505baff94e4ccba7f152ccc26344952023-08-17T06:29:15ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582014-12-014244669467710.1002/ece3.1284Extensive population admixture on drone congregation areas of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Fabricius, 1793)Alexis L. Beaurepaire0Bernard F. Kraus1Gudrun Koeniger2Nikolaus Koeniger3Herbert Lim4Robin F. A. Moritz5Institut für Biologie Martin Luther Universität Halle‐Wittenberg Hoher Weg 4 06108 Halle (Saale) GermanyInstitut für Biologie Martin Luther Universität Halle‐Wittenberg Hoher Weg 4 06108 Halle (Saale) GermanyInstitut für Bienenkunde (Polytechnische Gesellschaft) Goethe Universität Frankfurt/M Karl‐von‐Frisch‐Weg 2 6347 Oberursel/Ts GermanyInstitut für Bienenkunde (Polytechnische Gesellschaft) Goethe Universität Frankfurt/M Karl‐von‐Frisch‐Weg 2 6347 Oberursel/Ts GermanyAgricultural Research Station Tenom Peti Surat 197 Tenom 89908 Sabah MalaysiaInstitut für Biologie Martin Luther Universität Halle‐Wittenberg Hoher Weg 4 06108 Halle (Saale) GermanyAbstract The giant honeybee Apis dorsata often forms dense colony aggregations which can include up to 200 often closely related nests in the same location, setting the stage for inbred matings. Yet, like in all other Apis species, A. dorsata queens mate in mid‐air on lek like drone congregation areas (DCAs) where large numbers of males gather in flight. We here report how the drone composition of A. dorsata DCAs facilitates outbreeding, taking into the account both spatial (three DCAs) and temporal (subsequent sampling days) dynamics. We compared the drones’ genotypes at ten microsatellite DNA markers with those of the queen genotypes of six drone‐producing colonies located close to the DCAs (Tenom, Sabah, Malaysia). None of 430 sampled drones originated from any of these nearby colonies. Moreover, we estimated that 141 unidentified colonies were contributing to the three DCAs. Most of these colonies were participating multiple times in the different locations and/or during the consecutive days of sampling. The drones sampled in the DCAs could be attributed to six subpopulations. These were all admixed in all DCA samples, increasing the effective population size an order of magnitude and preventing matings between potentially related queens and drones.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1284Apis dorsatadrone congregation areamicrosatellitespopulation geneticssibship reconstruction analysesspatiotemporal analyses |
| spellingShingle | Alexis L. Beaurepaire Bernard F. Kraus Gudrun Koeniger Nikolaus Koeniger Herbert Lim Robin F. A. Moritz Extensive population admixture on drone congregation areas of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Fabricius, 1793) Ecology and Evolution Apis dorsata drone congregation area microsatellites population genetics sibship reconstruction analyses spatiotemporal analyses |
| title | Extensive population admixture on drone congregation areas of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Fabricius, 1793) |
| title_full | Extensive population admixture on drone congregation areas of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Fabricius, 1793) |
| title_fullStr | Extensive population admixture on drone congregation areas of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Fabricius, 1793) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extensive population admixture on drone congregation areas of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Fabricius, 1793) |
| title_short | Extensive population admixture on drone congregation areas of the giant honeybee, Apis dorsata (Fabricius, 1793) |
| title_sort | extensive population admixture on drone congregation areas of the giant honeybee apis dorsata fabricius 1793 |
| topic | Apis dorsata drone congregation area microsatellites population genetics sibship reconstruction analyses spatiotemporal analyses |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1284 |
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