Spatial patterns of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) genetic diversity in continental Portugal: the story told by mitochondrial DNA

Over 24 honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) subspecies occur naturally in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Morphological and molecular markers have grouped this wide-ranging diversity into four lineages (A, M, C, O). The Iberian Peninsula harbours two of such lineages (A and M) and the greatest honey b...

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Main Author: Pinto, M. Alice (author)
Other Authors: Muñoz, Irene (author), Brandão, Andreia (author), Neto, Margarida (author), Guedes, Helena (author), Souza, Larissa (author), Baptista, Paula (author), Pires, Sancia (author), De la Rúa, Pilar (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Honey bee
mtDNA
Genetic diversity
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/3789
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/3789

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http://hdl.handle.net/10198/3789

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