Characterization of microsatellite markers for the apicultural pest Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) and its relatives

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 556-559

  Solignac, Michel ^a   Vautrin, Dominique ^a   Pizzo, Astrid ^a,d   Navajas, Maria ^b   Le Conte, Yves ^c   Cornuet, Jean Marie ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microsatellites; Population markers; V. jacobsoni; V. underwoodi; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; INVERTEBRATA; TRANSPOSONS; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROA JACOBSONI; VARROA UNDERWOODI; VARROIDAE;

EID: 0345099384     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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