AN IMPROVED TEST FOR AFRICANIZED HONEYBEE MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA

被引:99
作者
CROZIER, YC
KOULIANOS, S
CROZIER, RH
机构
[1] Department of Genetics and Human Variation, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3083, V.
来源
EXPERIENTIA | 1991年 / 47卷 / 09期
关键词
AFRICANIZED HONEYBEE; APIS-MELLIFERA-SCUTELLATA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BGLII; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;
D O I
10.1007/BF01929894
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Mitochondrial DNA derived from Apis mellifera scutellata, the ancestor of the Africanized bees of the New World, lacks a BglII restriction site found in other types of honeybee1,2. We present primers allowing amplification of a 485-bp section of the cytochrome b gene containing this site, using the polymerase chain reaction. Digestion of the amplified product with BglII yields contrasting patterns between Africanized and other honeybees.
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页码:968 / 969
页数:2
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