Evolutionary history of honeybees revealed by genomics

Sunday, August 24, 2014 - 12:30 in Biology & Nature

In a study published in Nature Genetics, researchers from Uppsala University present the first global analysis of genome variation in honeybees. The findings show a surprisingly high level of genetic diversity in honeybees, and indicate that the species most probably originates from Asia, and not from Africa as previously thought.

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