Genetic divergence and phylogenetic relationships of honey bee Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) populations from Greece and Cyprus using PCR - RFLP analysis of three mtDNA segments

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-344

  Bouga, Maria ^a   Harizanis, Paschalis C ^b   Kilias, George ^a   Alahiotis, Stamatis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Genetic variability; Greece; Honey bee; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HONEYBEE; POPULATION GENETICS;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA ADAMI; CECROPIA; CYPRIA; HYMENOPTERA; MACEDONICA;

EID: 24944432615     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005021     Document Type: Article

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