Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the important honey bee pest, Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 69-78

  Evans, Jay D ^a   Lopez, Dawn L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honey bee; Mitochondrial DNA sequence; Parasitic mite; Pollination

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; PARASITE; PEST SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACARI; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDAE; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0036967880     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021574306010     Document Type: Article

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