Molecular cloning and analysis of four cDNAs from the heads of Apis cerana cerana nurse honeybees coding for major royal jelly proteins

Apidologie

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-401

  Su, Songkun ^a   Albert, Stefan ^b   Chen, Shenglu ^a   Zhong, Boxiong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis cerana cerana; Apis mellifera; Midisatellite; Polymorphism; Royal jelly protein; VNTR

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS CERANA CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 24944551249     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2005026     Document Type: Article

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