Management increases genetic diversity of honey bees via admixture

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4414-4421

  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

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 85027931996     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05614.x     Document Type: Article

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