Characterisation of insect and plant origins using DNA extracted from small volumes of bee honey

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-116

  Schnell, Ida Bærholm ^a   Fraser, Magdalena ^b   Willerslev, Eske ^a   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GOTLAND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chloroplast DNA; Honey bee; Mitochondrial DNA; Nuclear DNA

Indexed keywords

BEE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RESOURCE; HONEY; INSECT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OPTIMIZATION; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77952419768     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-010-9089-0     Document Type: Article

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