Turkish honeybees: Genetic variation and evidence for a fourth lineage of Apis mellifera mtDNA

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-46

  Palmer, M R ^a   Smith, Deborah R ^a   Kaftanoglu O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION SITE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033957984     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/91.1.42     Document Type: Article

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