The complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the honeybee ectoparasite mite Varroa destructor (Acari: Mesostigmata) [1]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2313-2317

  Navajas, Maria ^a   Le Conte, Y ^b   Solignac, M ^c   Cros Arteil, S ^a   Cornuet, J M ^a  

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

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

A + T content; Gene order; Mitochondrial genome; mtDNA; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HONEYBEE; LETTER; MITE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ACARI; ANIMAL; BEE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; INVERTEBRATA; MESOSTIGMATA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ACARI; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1842870035     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004055     Document Type: Letter

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