Analysis of Africanized honey bee mitochondrial DNA reveals further diversity of origin

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-75

  Sheppard, Walter S ^a   Rinderer, Thomas E ^b   Garnery, Lionel ^c   Shimanuki, Hachiro ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Lab Populations Genet et Evolution   (France)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES; UNITED STATES;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032911117     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47571999000100015     Document Type: Article

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