A scientific note on the ITS-1 region of Apis mellifera subspecies

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 378-379

  De La Rúa, Pilar ^a   Fuchs, Stefan ^b   Serrano, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; DNA sequence; Honeybee subspecies; ITS 1 region; Molecular markers

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DNA; GENETIC MARKER; HONEYBEE; PHYLOGENETICS; SUBSPECIES;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 35848934358     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007015     Document Type: Article

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