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MtDNA variation in Apis cerana populations from the Philippines.
Heredity - 1 Jan 2000
De La Rúa P, Simon U E, Tilde A C, Moritz R F, Fuchs S
Abstract excerpt
The cavity-nesting honeybee Apis cerana occurs in Asia, from Afghanistan to China and from Japan to southern Indonesia. Based on morphometric values, this species can be grouped into four subspecies: A. c. cerana, A. c. indica, A. c. japonica and A. c. himalaya. In order to analyse the geographical variability of A. c. indica from the Philippine Islands, 47 colonies from different locations in three of the larger...
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