Mitochondrial sequencing reveals five separate origins of 'black' Apis mellifera (hymenoptera: Apidae) in Eastern Australian Commercial colonies

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 480-484

  Oxley, P R ^a   Oldroyd, B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. m; A. m. caucasiea; Bee breeding; Carnica; Genetic diversity; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEES; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 65349152552     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0203     Document Type: Article

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