Gene flow in admixed populations and implications for the conservation of the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-328

  Soland Reckeweg, Gabriele ^a,b   Heckel, Gerald ^a   Neumann, Peter ^b,c   Fluri, Peter ^b   Excoffier, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^c YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Admixture; Apis mellifera; Conservation; Honeybee; Hybridisation; Population differentiation

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HONEYBEE; HYBRIDIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBSPECIES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA MELLIFERA;

EID: 67349177000     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-008-9175-0     Document Type: Article

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