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"A genetic analysis suggests the world’s most common species of honeybee, the western honeybee, first appeared in western Asia about 7 million years ago and then spread into Africa and Europe
Genomic analysis has revealed that the western honeybee – which lives across Europe, Africa and Asia – first evolved in western Asia. Understanding the evolution of honeybees can help us protect these crucial pollinators.
Ancestral honeybees are thought to have originated in south-east Asia, but whether the western honeybee species (Apis mellifera) evolved from an ancestral honeybee in Asia or after its ancestor had spread to Africa is widely debated.
Kathleen Dogantzis at York University in Canada and her colleagues have now resolved this question by analysing the genomes of 251 western honeybees, covering 18 subspecies collected from across Europe, Africa and Asia.
The team found that the western honeybee species first evolved in western Asia, before spreading into Europe and Africa, where different subspecies formed through natural selection. The key to the researchers’ approach was to include many samples from Africa and Asia."
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https://www.newscientist.com/articl...ed-7-million-years-ago-in-asia/#ixzz7E8B1dCca
"A genetic analysis suggests the world’s most common species of honeybee, the western honeybee, first appeared in western Asia about 7 million years ago and then spread into Africa and Europe
Genomic analysis has revealed that the western honeybee – which lives across Europe, Africa and Asia – first evolved in western Asia. Understanding the evolution of honeybees can help us protect these crucial pollinators.
Ancestral honeybees are thought to have originated in south-east Asia, but whether the western honeybee species (Apis mellifera) evolved from an ancestral honeybee in Asia or after its ancestor had spread to Africa is widely debated.
Kathleen Dogantzis at York University in Canada and her colleagues have now resolved this question by analysing the genomes of 251 western honeybees, covering 18 subspecies collected from across Europe, Africa and Asia.
The team found that the western honeybee species first evolved in western Asia, before spreading into Europe and Africa, where different subspecies formed through natural selection. The key to the researchers’ approach was to include many samples from Africa and Asia."
Full story here
https://www.newscientist.com/articl...ed-7-million-years-ago-in-asia/#ixzz7E8B1dCca