An oligonucleotide primer set for PCR amplification of the complete honey bee mitochondrial genome

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-480

  Arias, Maria Cristina ^a   Silvestre, Daniela ^a   Francisco, Flávio De Oliveira ^a   Weinlich, Ricardo ^a   Sheppard, Walter Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Honey bee; Mitochondrial DNA; PCR; Primer set

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; HONEYBEE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 46649098954     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008024     Document Type: Article

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