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Multiple host shifts by the emerging honeybee parasite, Varroa jacobsoni.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2015
Roberts J M K, Anderson D L, Tay W T
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Host shifts are a key mechanism of parasite evolution and responsible for the emergence of many economically important pathogens. Varroa destructor has been a major factor in global honeybee (Apis mellifera) declines since shifting hosts from the Asian honeybee (Apis cerana) > 50 years ago. Until recently, only two haplotypes of V. destructor (Korea and Japan) had successfully host shifted to A. mellifera. In...
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