Population structure and morphometric variance of the Apis mellifera scutellata group of honeybees in Africa

The honeybee populations of Africa classified as Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier were analysed morphometrically using multivariate statistical techniques. The collection consisted of nearly 15,000 worker honeybees from 825 individual colonies at 193 localities in east Africa, extending from Sou...

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Main Authors: Sarah Radloff, Randall Hepburn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2000-06-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572000000200012