The identification of Africanized honey bees: An assessment of morphometric, biochemical, and molecular approaches

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 177-194

  Rinderer, T E ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africanized bees; Apis mellifera scutellata; Biochemical identification; Molecular identification; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032325321     PISSN: 12178837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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