Frequencies of restriction fragment-length polymorphisms indicate that neotropical honey bee (hymenoptera: apidae) populations have African and west European origins

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 670-676

  Hall, H Glenn ^a   McMichael, Margaret A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African and European honey bees; Allele frequencies; Apis mellifera caucasica; Apis mellifera ligustica; Apis mellifera mellifera; Introgression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038750745     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0670:FORFLP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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