Mitochondrial DNA sequence data provides further evidence that the honeybees of Kangaroo Island, Australia are of hybrid origin

Apidologie

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 165-174

  Koulianos, S ^a,b   Crozier, R H ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Australia; Kangaroo Island; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342811139     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19960305     Document Type: Article

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