Genetic characterization of the Balkan endemic species, Merodon desuturinus (Diptera: Syrphidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-204

  Milankov, Vesna ^a   Ståhls, Gunilla ^b   Vujić, Ante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Genetic characterization; Genetic variability; Merodon desuturinus; MtDNA; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; INVERTEBRATE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

BALKANS; EURASIA;

DIPTERA; MERODON; SYRPHIDAE; URTICA;

EID: 55249121424     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.028     Document Type: Article

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