| hybrid origins of honeybees from italy (apis mellifera ligustica) and sicily (a. m. sicula). | the genetic variability of honeybee populations apis mellifera ligustica, in continental italy, and of a. m. sicula, in sicily, was investigated using nuclear (microsatellite) and mitochondrial markers. six populations (236 individual bees) and 17 populations (664 colonies) were, respectively, analysed using eight microsatellite loci and drai restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) of the cytochrome oxidase i (coi)-cytochrome oxidase ii (coii) region. microsatellite loci globally confirm ... | 2000 | 10886654 |