Creation of Honeybee inbred lines using information of sex determination genes

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21658095
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Applied animal science
• Research Institution: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
• Principal Investigator: KIMURA Kiyoshi 独立行政法人農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構, 畜産草地研究所・家畜育種繁殖研究領域, 主任研究員 (30399422)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SATO Masahiro 独立行政法人農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構, 畜産草地研究所・家畜育種繁殖研究領域, 上席研究員 (70370658)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: セイヨウミツバチ / ニホンミツバチ / 性決定遺伝子 / コンピューターシミュレーション / ホモ化

Research Abstract

In order to breed inbred lines of honey bees, a simple and easy procedure to obtain allele numbers of the sex determination gene(csd) was developed, and actual allele numbers of honey bee colonies were estimated. In addition, by computer simulation, inbreeding coefficients of genes, which were linked with/without csd were estimated when avoiding inbred using information of csd. Basic information towards making inbred lines of honeybees was obtained.