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Morphometric and Genetic Characterization of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) From Thrace Region of Turkey

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|Jun 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2022-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
Language: English
Page range: 67 - 83
Submitted on: Sep 22, 2021
Accepted on: Mar 24, 2022
Published on: Jun 22, 2022
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