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Population Genetics of Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae: One Host (Apis mellifera) and Two Different Histories.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Maside Xulio, Gómez-Moracho Tamara, Jara Laura, Martín-Hernández Raquel, De la Rúa Pilar, Higes Mariano, Bartolomé Carolina
Abstract excerpt
Two microsporidians are known to infect honey bees: Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae. Whereas population genetics data for the latter have been released in the last few years, such information is still missing for N. apis. Here we analyze the patterns of nucleotide polymorphism at three single-copy loci (PTP2, PTP3 and RPB1) in a collection of Apis mellifera isolates from all over the world, naturally infected...
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