Abstract
SUMMARYDifferentiation of the honey bee (Apis cerana) populations, collected from north, north-east, the central region and peninsular Thailand, and Samui island was examined using a polymorphism of three microsatellite loci (A28, A107 and A113). The results indicated high genetic diversity in the mainland (north, central, northeast and peninsular Thailand) populations (H0 = 0.40–0.46) but limited diversity in the Samui population (H0 = 0.18) implying that genetic drift or founder effects may have occurred in this population. Intraspecific population subdivision was observed in Thai A. cerana (P < 0.0001 for both geographic heterogeneity and FST statistics). Five conspecific populations of A. cerana in Thailand were allocated to four different groups; north and central region (A), peninsular Thailand (B), Samui island (C) and north-east (D).
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