Morphometric and electrophoretic variation in different honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 885-890

  Kandemir, Irfan ^a   Kence, Meral ^b   Kence, Aykut ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Electrophoresis; Honeybee; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 22244461840     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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