Mitochondrial Sequence Characterisation of Australian Commercial and Feral Honeybee Strains, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae), in the Context of the Species Worldwide

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-364

  Koulianos, S ^a,b   Crozier, R H ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0013567659     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01486.x     Document Type: Article

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