PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF SUBSPECIES OF THE CHINESE WAX BEE APIS CERANA FROM SOUTH KOREA, VIETNAM AND RUSSIA BASED ON THE NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE DATA OF THE DEFENSIN 1 AND DEFENSIN 2 GENES

Abstract

We have studied the Def1 and Def2 genes in order to establish the relationship between the distribution of polymorphism in these genes and the geographical distribution of Apis cerana populations in South Korea, Vietnam, and Russia. Based on the obtained nucleotide sequences, phylogenetic trees were built, which show that the polymorphism of the Def1 and Def2 genes is not associated with geographical distribution of A. cerana populations.