Molecular characterization and population structure of Apis mellifera from Madeira and the Azores

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 699-708

  De La Rua, Pilar ^a   Galián, José ^a   Pedersen, Bo Vest ^b   Serrano, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Azores; Biogeography; Madeira; Microsatellites; mtDNA; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; INTROGRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RELATEDNESS; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MADEIRA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 33845897367     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006044     Document Type: Article

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