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SUBMITTER: Espregueira Themudo G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7324561 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Espregueira Themudo Gonçalo G Rey-Iglesia Alba A Robles Tascón Lucía L Bruun Jensen Annette A da Fonseca Rute R RR Campos Paula F PF
Scientific reports 20200629 1
The European honeybee (Apis mellifera) is a key pollinator and has in the last decades suffered significant population decline. A combination of factors, including decrease in genetic diversity and introduction of Varroa mites, have been suggested to be responsible for these losses, but no definitive cause has yet been appointed. In Europe not only have wild colonies been severely affected, but managed hives have had a massive decline in numbers. To test the hypothesis that honeybees' genetic di ...[more]