Genome size variation in Melipona species (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and sub-grouping by their DNA content

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 636-642

  Tavares, Mara Garcia ^a   Carvalho, Carlos Roberto ^a   Soares, Fernanda Aparecida Ferrari ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Durchflusszytometrie; Genomgr e; Hymenoptera; Melipona

Indexed keywords

BEE; BODY SIZE; CYTOGENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 77958601059     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/20010023     Document Type: Article

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