Sweetness and light: Illuminating the honey bee genome

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 535-539

  Robinson, G E ^a   Evans, J D ^b   Maleszka, R ^c   Robertson, H M ^a   Weaver, D B ^d   Worley, K ^e   Gibbs, R A ^e   Weinstock, G M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Bee Power   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; GENOME, INSECT; GENOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 33750435569     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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