Geographical patterns of mitochondrial DNA variation in Apis mellifera iberiensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-30

  Canovas F ^a   De La Rua P ^a   Serrano, J ^a   Galian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera iberiensis; Distribution patterns; Evolutionary lineages; Haplotype differentiation; Mitochondrial haplotypes; Pleistocene colonization waves

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLONIZATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HONEYBEE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA IBERIENSIS; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 38149087716     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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