Population genetics of commercial and feral honey bees in Western Australia

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 272-277

  Chapman, Nadine C ^a   Lim, Julianne ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis; Bee breeding; Feral honey bees; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS); WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA IBERICA; APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA; APOIDEA;

EID: 42449148315     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[272:PGOCAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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