" DNA sequence analysis revealed seven different
mitotypes (C1, C2, C11, C12, C19, C27, C31) from 14 queen breeders in 11 states. The most
common mitotypes were C1, C2 and C11 which accounted for 82% of the observed mitotypes."

Peter,

Please explain why this analysis is even worth spending research $ on?  After all, the results strike me as what you should expect to see today.  But what you see is a moving target due to statistics.  You will not see these same results 100 years from now.  By then the commercial queen breeders should be down to only one or two mitotypes for 95+% of the queens if the breeders are doing anything at all in terms of selection for some kind of performance.  It makes no difference if the selected performance is for frugal with winter stores, calm temperament, early spring build up, etc.

Dick

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