Morphometric and genetic variation of small dwarf honeybees apis andreniformis smith, 1858 in Thailand

Insect Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 451-460

  Rattanawannee, Atsalek ^a   Chanchao, Chanpen ^a   Wongsiri, Siriwat ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Apis andreniformis; Cluster analysis; Cytb; Morphometry; Phylogenetic tree; Variation

Indexed keywords

APIS; APIS ANDRENIFORMIS; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 65249190221     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2007.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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