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Morphotypes of Varroa destructor collected in Apis mellifera colonies from different geographic locations of Argentina.
Parasitology research - 1 Nov 2009
Maggi Matías D, Sardella Norma H, Ruffinengo Sergio R, Eguaras Martín J
Abstract excerpt
Parasites display considerable phenotypic plasticity in life-history traits such as, body size. Varroa destructor is an ectoparasitic mite of the western honey bee Apis mellifera. Several studies have reported that in V. destructor, there is a wide phenotypic plasticity within a population of mites. However, it is unknown if there are morphologic variations in V. destructor populations affecting different A....
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