Temporal variation in the genetic structure of a drone congregation area: An insight into the population dynamics of wild African honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1511-1522

  Jaffe R ^a   Dietemann, V ^a,b,c   Crewe, R M ^b   Moritz, R F A ^a,b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

African honeybee; Apis mellifera scutellata; Drone congregation area; Linked microsatellite markers; Seasonal migrations; Sibship reconstruction analyses

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BEES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA;

EID: 62849104064     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04143.x     Document Type: Article

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