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A SNP test to identify Africanized honeybees via proportion of 'African' ancestry.
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Nov 2015
Chapman Nadine C, Harpur Brock A, Lim Julianne, Rinderer Thomas E, Allsopp Michael H, Zayed Amro, Oldroyd Benjamin P
Abstract excerpt
The honeybee, Apis mellifera, is the world's most important pollinator and is ubiquitous in most agricultural ecosystems. Four major evolutionary lineages and at least 24 subspecies are recognized. Commercial populations are mainly derived from subspecies originating in Europe (75-95%). The Africanized honeybee is a New World hybrid of A. m. scutellata from Africa and European subspecies, with the African...
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