Alelle number and heterozigosity for microsatellite loci in different stingless bee species (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 638-643

  Francisco, Flávio De O ^a   Brito, Rute M ^a   Arias, Maria C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity; Partamona helleri; Partamona mulata; Plebeia remota; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BEES; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA BICOLOR; MELIPONINAE; PARTAMONA HELLERI; PARTAMONA MULATA; PLEBEIA REMOTA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 33845650528     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2006000500011     Document Type: Article

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