Comparative study on the use of specific and heterologous microsatellite primers in the stingless bees Melipona rufiventris and M. mondury (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Due to their high degree of polymorphism, microsatellites are considered useful tools for studying population genetics. Nevertheless, studies of genetic diversity in stingless bees by means of these primers have revealed a low level of polymorphism, possibly the consequence of the heterologous prime...

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Published in:	Genetics and Molecular Biology
Main Authors:	Denilce Meneses Lopes, Lúcio Antônio de Oliveira Campos, Tânia Maria Fernandes Salomão, Mara Garcia Tavares
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2010-01-01
Subjects:	Melipona stingless bees microsatellite transferability
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572010000200030