Assessing the Utility of a PCR Diagnostics Marker for the Identification of Africanized Honey Bee, Apis mellifera L., (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the United States.

<p>An assessment of a molecular diagnostic technique for distinguishing Africanized honey bees from European honey bees in the United States was conducted. Results from multiplex PCR diagnostics of a mitochondrial DNA cyt-b marker corresponded with results based on COI-COII sequencing analysis...

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Main Authors: Allen Szalanski, Amber Tripodi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014-07-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/312