Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in honey bee subspecies from Kenya

Apidologie

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-190

  Meixner, Marina D ^a,b,d   Arias, M Cristina ^c   Sheppard, Walter S ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. m. litorea; A. m. scutellata; Apis mellifera monticola; Kenya; mtDNA polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HONEYBEE; KENYA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION SITE;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 0034078491     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2000115     Document Type: Article

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