Africanization in the United States: Replacement of feral European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) by an African hybrid swarm

Genetics

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1653-1665

  Pinto, M Alice ^a,b   Rubink, William L ^c   Patton, John C ^a   Coulson, Robert N ^a   Johnston, J Spencer ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^c Rubinks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONEYBEE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BEES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE POOL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 20344382583     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.035030     Document Type: Article

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