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Researchers Animal Phylogeny and Evolution of the University of Murcia have managed to characterize different beecheii Melipona bee populations in a study that proposes measures for the conservation of this species.
The Melipona beecheii is a kind of group known as stingless bees, distributed through the tropical regions, which now is in danger of disappearing.
The study examined whether populations of the stingless bee laid from the peninsula of Yucatan to Costa Rica are genetically distinct.
To this end, we designed an experiment polymorphism (RFLP fragment length restriction) in the ITS1 region of ribosomal gene.
RFLP experiments with ten restriction enzymes and a genetic marker, known as ITS1, located between the ribosomal genes resulted in variation in the size of the ITS1 region and three different restriction patterns with four enzymes tested.
These data revealed sufficient genetic variation among populations of this species according to geographic origin of the same information that can be used to characterize different populations of Melipona beecheii and propose measures for their protection and preservation.
The research work has been developed by researchers from several universities, including Pilar de la Rua of the University of Murcia.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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