Genetic changes in Apis mellifera after 40 years of Africanization

Apidologie

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 752-756

  Branchiccela, Belén ^a   Aguirre, Carlos ^b   Parra, Gloria ^b   Estay, Patricia ^b   Zunino, Pablo ^a   Antúnez, Karina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Africanization; Africanized honeybee; Apis mellifera; haplotype; mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; QUEEN;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA;

EID: 84910146225     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-014-0293-2     Document Type: Article

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