Development of a SCAR marker for the analysis of B chromosome presence in Partamona helleri (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 127-129

  Tosta, V C ^a,b   Tavares, M G ^b   Fernandes Salomao T M ^b   Barros, E G ^b   Campos, L A O ^b   Camacho, J P M ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BEE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PARTAMONA HELLERI; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE CHARACTERIZED AMPLIFIED REGION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOGENETICS; DNA PRIMERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYMENOPTERA; MODELS, GENETIC;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PARTAMONA HELLERI;

EID: 33846668026     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097430     Document Type: Article

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