Genetic characterization of honey bee (Apis mellifera cypria) populations in northern Cyprus

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 547-555

  Kandemir, Irfan ^a,b   Meixner, Marina D ^b   Ozkan, Ayca ^a   Sheppard, Walter S ^b  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera cypria; Cyprus; Microsatellites; Morphometry; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOMETRY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CYPRIA; APOIDEA; CYPRIA; MEDA;

EID: 33751504374     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006029     Document Type: Article

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