Origin of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) from the Yucatan peninsula inferred from mitochondrial DNA analysis

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1347-1355

  Clarke, Kylea E ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a   Javier, J ^d   Quezada Euan G ^b   Rinderer, Thomas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Africanized bee; Apis mellifera; Gene flow; Honeybee; Hybridization; Mitochondrial RFLP

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EUROPE; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOTYPE; PENINSULA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BEES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MEXICO; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0034983664     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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