Apis mellifera capensis: An essay on the subspecific classification of honeybees

Apidologie

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-127

  Hepburn, Randall ^a   Radloff, Sarah E ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera capensis; Apis mellifera scutellata; Biogeography; Classification; Thelytoky

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

HONEYBEE; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HAPLOTYPE; HONEYBEE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIOLE NUMBER; PROGENY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATHECA SIZE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBSPECIES; THELYTOKY;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036254953     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002001     Document Type: Review

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