Varroa jacobsoni (Acari: Varroidae) is more than one species

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-189

  Anderson, D L ^a   Trueman, J W H ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; mtDNA CO I gene sequence; Varroa destructor; Varroa jacobsoni

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE; HAPLOTYPE; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KOREA; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE EAST; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PARASITIC INFECTION; PHILIPPINES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

GENOTYPE; MITE; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ACARI; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROA JACOBSONI; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0033924855     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006456720416     Document Type: Article

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