Population structure and Mdh-1 locus variation in Apis mellifera ligustica.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109834

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Population structure and Mdh-1 locus variation in Apis mellifera ligustica.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Badino G, Celebrano G, Manino A

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In a wide area of the Piedmont of Italy the apiaries of Apis mellifera ligustica Spin., (the Italian bee) show homogeneous allelic frequency distributions at the Mdh-1 locus, the only one known to be polymorphic in worker bees. This can be explained by considering that an apiary is not a closed g...

Topics

Animals
Bees
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Malate Dehydrogenase

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