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Genetic diversity of the honeybee in Africa: microsatellite and mitochondrial data.
Heredity - 1 Apr 2001
Franck P, Garnery L, Loiseau A, Oldroyd B P, Hepburn H R, Solignac M, Cornuet J M
Abstract excerpt
A total of 738 colonies from 64 localities along the African continent have been analysed using the DraI RFLP of the COI-COII mitochondrial region. Mitochondrial DNA of African honeybees appears to be composed of three highly divergent lineages. The African lineage previously reported (named A) is present in almost all the localities except those from north-eastern Africa. In this area, two newly described...
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