GENOMIC DNA RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS
 AT A HIGHLY POLYMORPHIC LOCUS
 DISTINGUISH OLD AND NEW WORLD SUBSPECIES
 OF THE HONEY BEE, Apis mellifera L.














 By

 MARGARET ANNE MCMICHAEL


A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
 OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF
 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


1994