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SUBMITTER: Lin Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5817142 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Zheguang Z Qin Yao Y Page Paul P Wang Shuai S Li Li L Wen Zhengsheng Z Hu Fuliang F Neumann Peter P Zheng Huoqing H Dietemann Vincent V
Ecology and evolution 20180122 4
The ectoparasitic mite, <i>Varroa destructor</i>, shifted host from the eastern honeybee, <i>Apis cerana</i>, to the western honeybee, <i>Apis mellifera</i>. Whereas the original host survives infestations by this parasite, they are lethal to colonies of its new host. Here, we investigated a population of <i>A. cerana</i> naturally infested by the <i>V. destructor</i> Korea haplotype that gave rise to the globally invasive mite lineage. Our aim was to better characterize traits that allow for th ...[more]