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High sample throughput genotyping for estimating C-lineage introgression in the dark honeybee: an accurate and cost-effective SNP-based tool.
Scientific reports - 4 Jun 2018
Henriques Dora, Browne Keith A, Barnett Mark W, Parejo Melanie, Kryger Per, Freeman Tom C, Muñoz Irene, Garnery Lionel, Highet Fiona, Jonhston J Spencer, McCormack Grace P, Pinto M Alice
Abstract excerpt
The natural distribution of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) has been changed by humans in recent decades to such an extent that the formerly widest-spread European subspecies, Apis mellifera mellifera, is threatened by extinction through introgression from highly divergent commercial strains in large tracts of its range. Conservation efforts for A. m. mellifera are underway in multiple European countries...
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