The use of isoenzyme markers to determine pollen flow and seed paternity mediated by Apis mellifera and Bombus spp. in Trifolium repens, a self-incompatible plant species

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 57-62

  Michaelson Yeates, T P T ^a   Marshall, A H ^a   Williams, I H ^b   Carreck, N L ^b   Simpkins, J R ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Arable Crops Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Bombusspp; Bumble bees; Genetic markers; Honey bees; Isoenzymes; Pollen flow; Pollination; Seed paternity; Starch gel electrophoresis; Trifolium repens; White clover

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0031529042     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.1997.11100931     Document Type: Article

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