A scientific note on a simple method for karyotyping honey bee (Apis mellifera) eggs

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-180

  Brito, Rute M ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis; Chromosomes; Eggs; Honeybees

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; EGG; GENOME; HETEROZYGOSITY; HONEYBEE; HYBRIDIZATION; INBREEDING; OVIPOSITION; PLOIDY; SEX DETERMINATION;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 77950530366     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2009058     Document Type: Article

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