Partial reproductive isolation between European subspecies of honey bees

Apidologie

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 611-619

  Oleksa, Andrzej ^a   Wilde, Jerzy ^b   Tofilski, Adam ^c   Chybicki, Igor J ^a  

^a KAZIMIERZ WIELKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera carnica; Apis mellifera mellifera; assortative mating; parentage analysis; reproductive isolation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; HYBRID; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SUBSPECIES;

EUROPE;

EID: 84884253383     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0212-y     Document Type: Article

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