Quantifying honey bee mating range and isolation in semi-isolated valleys by DNA microsatellite paternity analysis

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 527-537

  Jensen, Annette B ^a,c   Palmer, Kellie A ^a   Chaline, Nicolas ^b   Raine, Nigel E ^b   Tofilski, Adam ^b   Martin, Stephen J ^b   Pedersen, Bo V ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera mellifera; European black bee; Gene flow; Honey bee conservation; Mating distance; National Park; Peak District; Polyandry; Social insects

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; HONEYBEE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PATERNITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 30144442697     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9007-7     Document Type: Article

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