Allozyme variability and phylogenetic relationships in honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis mellifera) populations from Greece and Cyprus

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 471-483

  Bouga, M ^a   Kilias, G ^a   Harizanis, P C ^b   Papasotiropoulos, V ^a   Alahiotis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Apis mellifera; Cyprus; Genetic structure; Greece; Phylogenetic relationships

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE OXIDASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALLOENZYME; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; ESTERASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALLOENZYME VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GREECE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HONEYBEE; HYMENOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BEES; CYPRUS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREECE; ISOENZYMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

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

EID: 28844437348     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10528-005-8163-2     Document Type: Article

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