Conserving genetic diversity in the honeybee: Comments on Harpur et al. (2012)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3208-3210

  De La Rúa, Pilar ^a   Jaffé, Rodolfo ^b,c   Muñoz, Irene ^a   Serrano, José ^a   Moritz, Robin F A ^d,e   Kraus, F Bernhard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Federal Rural do Semi Arido   (Brazil)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e Pathology   (Romania)

Author keywords

admixture; Apis mellifera; beekeeping; honeybee conservation

Indexed keywords

ADMIXTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APICULTURE; APIS MELLIFERA; BEE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HONEYBEE CONSERVATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

ADMIXTURE; APIS MELLIFERA; BEEKEEPING; HONEYBEE CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 84879017648     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12333     Document Type: Review

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