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Conservation status of Apis mellifera ruttneri inferred from whole genome sequences
Apis mellifera ruttneri is the native honey bee subspecies from the Maltese islands (Malta, Comino and Gozo). This
African-lineage subspecies is adapted to the harsh environmental conditions and to the limited forage season of these
islands. For many years, it was considered highly hybridized, due to the large and sustained importation of foreign
subspecies, especially A. m. ligustica, perceived by many beekeepers as superior or for commercial reasons. Recent
studies based on morphometry and mitochondrial DNA have suggested the occurrence of A. m. ruttneri, particularly
in the main island. Conservation initiatives and a breeding program have been developed, but to date its conservation
status is not fully known. As part of the MEDIBEES project, here, over 50 A. m. ruttneri georeferenced colonies
collected from across Malta, as well as 50 several reference subspecies (A. m. ligustica, A. m. siciliana, A. m. iberiensis,
A. m. sahariensis, and A. m. intermissa) were whole genome sequenced. The population structure and admixture were
assessed from genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms using model and distance based-methods. The results
show varying levels of admixture proportions of A. m. ruttneri with C-lineage honey bees across Malta but also a
shared ancestry with the honey bees of north Africa, consistent with the putative natural colonization from Africa in
ancient times.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Malta : language, literacy and identity in a Mediterranean island society
Available documentation for the early modern period indicates that the Malta harbor towns achieved literacy earlier than the countryside. The Maltese townsmen lived on a trading route, and it was necessary for them to learn the lingua franca, as the language of
trade in the Mediterranean. The educated elite were able to acquire fluent speaking knowledge, as well as the ability to write, Tuscan (a dialect then in the process of becoming standard Italian), while continuing to employ their local Maltese ‘dialect’ on numerous occasions. By and large, the erosion of the position of Maltese as the subordinate language was an inevitable by-product of this development. The Maltese language was able to attain the function of a literary language in the nineteenth century but it had no standard orthography until 1931 and was only adopted as Malta’s official language in 1964.peer-reviewe
Nuovi metodi della ricerca storica
A brief report on the 2nd national conference of the Italian Historical Society (Salerno, April 1971). It deals with the relationship that should exist between history and the new sciences (anthropology, structuralism and demography).peer-reviewe
Familial Nontoxic Multinodular Thyroid Goiter Locus Maps to Chromosome 14q but Does Not Account for Familial Nonmedullary Thyroid Cancer
New technologies for DNA analysis – a review of the READNA Project
International audienceThe REvolutionary Approaches and Devices for Nucleic Acid analysis (READNA) project received 12 million s funding under the European Union Framework Programme 7 from 1st June 2008 to 30th November 2012. The 19 project partners from both academia and industry from in total 7 countries had a project budget of 16 Ms with which they have discovered, created and developed a huge body of insights into nucleic acid analysis. Results have been presented widely in publications and in innumerous public presentations. Results have been moved to spin-offs such as the Olink enrichment kits (now sold by Agilent as Haloplex) and are findingtheir way to the market, such as the Oxford Nanopore MinIon sequencer that was first released to early-access user sites in 2014