Morphological and molecular characters reveal differentiation in a Neotropical social bee, Melipona beecheii (Apidae: Meliponini)

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-258

  Quezada Euán, José Javier G ^a   Paxton, Robert J ^b   Palmer, Kellie A ^c   Itzá, William De J May ^a   Tay, Wee Tek ^d   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Genetic diversity; Melipona; Population analysis; Stingless bee; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

BEE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MOVEMENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL INSECT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; MELIPONA; MELIPONA BEECHEII; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 34547462104     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007006     Document Type: Article

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