| turkish honeybees: genetic variation and evidence for a fourth lineage of apis mellifera mtdna. | the mtdna of bees from 84 colonies of turkish honeybees (apis mellifera) was surveyed for variation at four diagnostic restriction sites and the sequence of a noncoding intergenic region. these colonies came from 16 locations, ranging from european turkey and the western mediterranean coast to the caucasus mountains along the georgian border, the eastern lake van region, and the extreme south. combined restriction site and sequence data revealed four haplotypes. three haplotypes belonged to the ... | 2000 | 10739124 |