A second generation genetic map of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) reveals slow genome and chromosome evolution in the Apidae

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Stolle, Eckart ^a   Wilfert, Lena ^b,d   Schmid Hempel, Regula ^b   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^b   Kube, Michael ^c   Reinhardt, Richard ^c,e   Moritz, Robin F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BUMBLEBEE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE GROUP; GENE MAPPING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HONEYBEE; INSECT CHROMOSOME; INSECT GENOME; MALE; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; BEE; CHROMOSOME MAP; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOME, INSECT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 78651484927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-48     Document Type: Article

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