The mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera siciliana .
Dora HenriquesCecilia CostaJosé RufinoMaria Alice PintoPublished in: Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources (2022)
We assembled the mitogenome of Apis mellifera siciliana, which was previously identified as African by the tRNA-leu-cox2 intergenic region. The mitogenome is 16,590 bp long. The gene content and organization are identical to other A. mellifera mitogenomes, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and 2 ribosomal RNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis showed a close mitochondrial relationship between A. m. siciliana and other African subspecies such as Apis mellifera sahariensis , Apis mellifera intermissa , and Apis mellifera ruttneri.