Patterns of Apis mellifera infestation by Nosema ceranae support the parasite hypothesis for the evolution of extreme polyandry in eusocial insects

Apidologie

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 539-548

  Bourgeois, A Lelania ^a   Rinderer, Thomas E ^a   Sylvester, H Allen ^a   Holloway, Beth ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^b  

^a USDA ARS Honey Bee Breeding Genetics and Physiology Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; evolution of polyandry; Nosema ceranae; patriline; polyandry

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARASITE INFESTATION; POLYANDRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 84876296226     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-012-0121-5     Document Type: Article

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