Africanization of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in three climatic regions of northern Mexico.
This study was conducted to analyze the process of Africanization of managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies by determining the frequency of African and European morphotypes and mitotypes (DNA) in three different ecological environments of northern Mexico. Colonies (n= 151) were sampled in 1) te...
| Publicado en: | Veterinaria México OA Vol. 2; no. 4; pp. 1 - 10 |
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Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia UNAM
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