Genetic Diversity of Apis spp. in Thailand Inferred from 28S rRNA Nuclear and Cytochrome b Mitochondrial Gene Sequences

Table 1

Frequency (%) of transitions and transversions of 28S rRNA and cytb.

Species; (No. of sequences)	Transitions		Transversions
	A/G	T/C	A/T	A/C	G/T	G/C
28S rRNA
A. cerana (26)^∗	0	0	19.34	23.94	26.07	30.68
A. florea (22)^∗	34.21	0	12.74	15.41	17.48	20.15
A. dorsata (15)^∗	52.79	0	9.13	11.12	12.49	14.48
A. mellifera (11)^∗	42.72	0	10.94	13.68	14.93	17.67
All species (75)^∗∗(including A. andreniformis)	32.69	29.73	7.22	8.85	9.94	11.57
cytb
A. cerana (10)^∗	8.65	79.41	4.53	2.68	3.29	1.44
A. florea (11)^∗	0	0	38.30	23.58	26.42	11.70
A. mellifera (9)^∗	0.08	99.54	0.14	0.08	0.10	0.04
All species (33)^∗∗(including A. andreniformis and A. dorsata)	25.98	28.56	17.28	10.35	12.39	5.46

Remark: “∗” and “∗∗” show the nucleotide compositions within and among, respectively, Apis species from the different regions in Thailand.