Using drones for estimating colony number by microsatellite DNA analyses of haploid males in Apis

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-229

  Kraus, F Bernhard ^a   Koeniger, Nikolaus ^b   Tingek, Salim ^c   Moritz, Robin F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Agricultural Research Station   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Apis dorsata; Apis mellifera; Haploid male; Honeybees; Microsatellite; Population size

Indexed keywords

POPULATION SIZE;

APIS; APIS DORSATA; APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 22044448619     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005010     Document Type: Article

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