Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG Brazil.
Genet Mol Biol. 2010 Oct;33(4):781-4. doi: 10.1590/S1415-47572010005000087. Epub 2010 Dec 1.
Partamona is a Neotropical genus of stingless bees that comprises 33 species distributed from Mexico to southern Brazil. These bees are well-adapted to anthropic environments and build their nests in several substrates. In this study, 66 colonies of Partamona helleri from five localities in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais (São Miguel do Anta, Teixeiras, Porto Firme, Viçosa and Rio Vermelho) were analyzed using nine microsatellite loci in order to assess their genetic variability. Low levels of observed (H(o) = 0.099-0.137) and expected (H (e) = 0.128-0.145) heterozygosity were encountered and revealed discrete genetic differentiation among the populations (F (ST) = 0.025). AMOVA further showed that most of the total genetic variation (94.24%) in P. helleri was explained by the variability within local populations.
帕塔蒙纳是一个新热带无刺蜂属，包含 33 个物种，分布于从墨西哥到巴西南部。这些蜜蜂很好地适应了人类环境，并在多种基质中筑巢。在这项研究中，对来自巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州五个地区（圣米格尔·多·安塔、特谢拉、波尔图·菲尔梅、维济奥萨和里奥·韦尔梅罗）的 66 群帕塔蒙纳·赫勒里使用九个微卫星基因座进行了分析，以评估其遗传变异性。观察到的低水平（H(o) = 0.099-0.137）和预期的（H (e) = 0.128-0.145）杂合度，以及种群之间的离散遗传分化（F (ST) = 0.025）。AMOVA 进一步表明，P. helleri 的总遗传变异（94.24%）主要由局部种群内的变异性解释。
