A technical note for using microsatellite DNA analyses in haploid male DNA pools of social Hymenoptera

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 398-400

  Moritz, R F A ^a   Scharpenberg, H ^a   Lattorff, H M G ^a   Neumann, P ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; DNA pool; Mutation rate; Queen genotype

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0346900853     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0683-3     Document Type: Article

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