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The complete mitochondrial genome of the West African honey bee Apis mellifera adansonii (Insecta: Hymenoptera:
Leigh Boardman1, Amin Eimanifar1,2, Rebecca Kimball3
1Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Abstract:
The complete mitochondrial genome of the West African honey bee Apis mellifera adansonii consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and a control region. It was 16,466 bp and consisted of 84.7% AT nucleotides. This subspecies had a similar mitogenome to those of other southern African honey bees, namely A. m. scutellata, A. m. capensis, and A. m. monticola.

