Asymmetric introgression of African genes in honeybee populations (Apis mellifera L.) in Central Mexico

Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-240

  Kraus, F B ^a   Franck, P ^b   Vandame, R ^a,c  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UMR INNOVATION   (France)

Author keywords

Africanization; Apis mellifera; Biological invasion; Gene introgression; Microsatellites; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ASYMMETRY; BEE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEXICO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEXICO; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 34547209109     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800988     Document Type: Article

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