Highly polymorphic DNA markers in an Africanized honey bee population in Costa Rica

• Published in: Genetics and molecular biology Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 317 - 322
• Main Author: Lobo Segura, Jorge Arturo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 01.06.2000
• Subjects: BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; GENETICS & HEREDITY

Two genetic markers (the mtDNA COI-COII intergenic region and the microsatellite A7) with high levels of variability in South African and European honey bees were analyzed in wild swarms of Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera) from Costa Rica. Allelic or haplotypic frequencies revealed high level...