First karyotype characterization of four species of Partamona (Friese, 1980) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae) in Mato Grosso State, Brazil

Cytobios

Volumn 1999, Issue 393, 1999, Pages 19-26

  Brito Ribon, R M ^a   Miyazawa, C S ^a   Pompolo, S G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bees; CMA3; C banding; Cytogenetic; Meliponinae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002572102     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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