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ArticleInsect science2026

Genetic differentiation and adaptive evolution of buff-tailed bumblebees in Asia.

Long Su, Lele Ding, Paul H Williams, Yan Liu, Ruijuan Wang, Xiaoyan Dai, Shan Zhao, Haolin Fu, Xiaomeng Zhao, Quangui Wang and 5 more

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Article in Insect science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Museum genomics suggests long-term population decline in a putatively extinct bumble bee.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Long SuInstitute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.
Lele DingCollege of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Paul H WilliamsDepartment of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK.
Yan LiuInstitute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.
Ruijuan WangInstitute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.
Xiaoyan DaiInstitute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.
Shan ZhaoInstitute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.
Haolin FuInstitute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.
Xiaomeng ZhaoCollege of Animal Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China.
Quangui WangChangping Laboratory, Beijing, China.
Yancan LiInstitute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.
Huiling SangSchool of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5099-7563
Robert M WaterhouseDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Yifan ZhaiInstitute of Plant Protection, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6303-2056
Cheng SunCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7476-9224

Funding

National Key R&D Program of China 2023YFD14006National Key R&D Program of China 2023YFF11038National Natural Science Foundation of China 31971397National Natural Science Foundation of China 32270445Shandong Provincial Agriculture Research System SDAIT-24Shandong Provincial Key R&D Program 2023LZGC017Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation ZR2021QC218Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation ZR2021YQ21Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) 196125Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) 202669Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province tsqn202312293
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bumblebees are important pollinating insects, so their declines resulting from environmental change have received intensive attention. Understanding how environmental factors shape the genetic structure of natural populations and identifying the genetic basis of local adaptation will provide insights into how bumblebees cope with environmental change. The buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) has a wide natural distribution range and has been domesticated to produce commercial colonies for greenhouse pollination. Previous population genetics studies on B. terrestris have mainly focused on its European populations; however, its Asian populations, representing the eastern side of its natural distribution, remain largely unsampled. To fill this gap, we collected wild B. terrestris samples from Asia, as well as wild B. terrestris samples from Europe and samples from domesticated colonies. We conducted whole-genome resequencing for 77 collected B. terrestris and performed population genomics analysis. Our results indicate that distinct genetic differentiation (F

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalBiological EvolutionGenetic VariationAnimalsAsiaBeesEuropeGenetics, PopulationadaptationBombus terrestrispopulation genomicspositive selection

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PMID40287856
PMCPMC13440993

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