Genetic structure of honeybee populations from southern Brazil and Uruguay

Genetic structure of honeybee populations from southern Brazil and Uruguay

Apis mellifera scutellata was introduced to Brazil in 1956 and Africanized honeybee populations have now spread from Argentina to the southwestern United States. Temperate climatic restrictions seem to be a natural limit to Africanized honeybee expansion around parallels 35° to 40° SL. We used alloz...

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Main Authors: Nilza Maria Diniz, Ademilson Espencer Egea Soares, Walter Steve Sheppard, Marco Antonio Del Lama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2003-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
Africanized honeybees
transition area
South America
mtDNA
allozymes
population genetics
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