Admixture increases diversity in managed honey bees: Reply to de la Rúa et al. (2013)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3211-3215

  Harpur, Brock A ^a   Minaei, Shermineh ^a   Kent, Clement F ^a   Zayed, Amro ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

admixture; Apis mellifera; breeding; management

Indexed keywords

ADMIXTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APIS MELLIFERA; BEE; BREEDING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MANAGEMENT; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

ADMIXTURE; APIS MELLIFERA; BREEDING; MANAGEMENT;

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

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 84879021731     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12332     Document Type: Review

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