Morphological and molecular characterization of the Landes honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) ecotype for genetic conservation

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 527-537

  Strange, James P ^a,b   Garnery, Lionel ^c,d   Sheppard, Walter S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Ecotype conservation; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; COLONY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ECOTYPE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOMETRY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA MELLIFERA;

EID: 50849130857     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-007-9093-6     Document Type: Article

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