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Uncertainty in the mating strategy of honeybees causes bias and unreliability in the estimates of genetic parameters.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 17 Apr 2024
Kistler Tristan, Brascamp Evert W, Basso Benjamin, Bijma Piter, Phocas Florence
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BACKGROUND: Breeding queens may be mated with drones that are produced by a single drone-producing queen (DPQ), or a group of sister-DPQs, but often only the dam of the DPQ(s) is reported in the pedigree. Furthermore, datasets may include colony phenotypes from DPQs that were open-mated at different locations, and thus to a heterogeneous drone population. METHODS: Simulation was used to investigate the impact of...
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