Genetic and morphometric variation in honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations of Turkey

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 343-356

  Kandemir, Irfan ^a   Kence, Meral ^a   Kence, Aykut ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

A. m. caucasica; A. m. meda; A. m. syriaca; Apis mellifera anatoliaca; Electrophoresis; Genetic variability; Morphometry; Population genetics; Turkey

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; MORPHOMETRY;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HONEYBEE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

TURKEY;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA ANATOLIACA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MEDA;

EID: 0034047019     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000126     Document Type: Article

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