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Sequence-Based Multi Ancestry Association Study Reveals the Polygenic Architecture of Varroa destructor Resistance in the Honeybee Apis mellifera.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2025
Eynard Sonia E, Mondet Fanny, Basso Benjamin, Bouchez Olivier, Le Conte Yves, Dainat Benjamin, Decourtye Axel, Genestout Lucie, Guichard Matthieu, Guillaume François, Labarthe Emmanuelle, Locke Barbara, Mahla Rachid, de Miranda Joachim, Neuditschko Markus, Phocas Florence, Canale-Tabet Kamila, Vignal Alain, Servin Bertrand
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Honeybees, Apis mellifera, have experienced the full impacts of globalisation, including the recent invasion by the parasitic mite Varroa destructor, now one of the main causes of colony losses worldwide. The strong selection pressure it exerts has led some colonies to develop defence strategies conferring some degree of resistance to the parasite. Assuming these traits are partly heritable, selective breeding of...
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