DNA RFLPs at a highly polymorphic locus distinguish European and African subspecies of the honey bee Apis mellifera L. and suggest geographical origins of New World honey bees

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 403-416

  Mcmichael, M ^a,b   Hall, H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African bees; Apis mellifera; Discontinuous variation; Geographical origins; Principal coordinate analysis; RFLPs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000443186     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00330.x     Document Type: Article

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