Infraspecific categories of Apis cerana: Morphometric, allozymal and mtDNA diversity

Apidologie

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-23

  Hepburn, H Randall ^a   Smith, Deborah R ^b   Radloff, Sarah E ^a   Otis, Gard W ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis cerana; Asia; Biogeography; Honeybees; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

APIS CERANA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONEYBEE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0035116797     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2001108     Document Type: Review

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