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Mitochondrial DNA variability in the Canary Islands honeybees (Apis mellifera L.).
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 1998
de la Rúa P, Serrano J, Galián J
Abstract excerpt
The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of individuals from 79 colonies of Apis mellifera from five Canary Islands was studied using the DraI test based on the restriction of PCR products of the tRNA(leu)-COII intergenic region. Five haplotypes of the African (A) lineage and one of the west European (C) lineage were found. The haplotypes A14 and A15 are described for the first time. These haplotypes have a new P sequence...
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