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Genetic relatedness of low solitary nests of Apis dorsata from Marang, Terengganu, Malaysia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Sahebzadeh Najmeh, Mardan Makhdzir, Ali Abdul Manaf, Tan Soon Guan, Adam Nur Azura, Lau Wei Hong
Abstract excerpt
Knowledge on the population of genetic structure and ecological behaviour of Apis dorsata from Peninsular Malaysia is needed for effective management and conservation of this species since unsustainable whole solitary low nest cutting for product harvesting is the current common practice here. The analysis of 15 single locus DNA microsatellite markers on samples from 20 solitary nests of A. dorsata showed that...
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