High-Resolution Linkage Analyses to Identify Genes That Influence Varroa Sensitive Hygiene Behavior in Honey Bees

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Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Tsuruda, Jennifer M ^a   Harris, Jeffrey W ^b   Bourgeois, Lanie ^b   Danka, Robert G ^b   Hunt, Greg J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048276     Document Type: Article

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