Four quantitative trait loci associated with low Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) spore load in the honeybee Apis mellifera

Apidologie

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 248-256

  Huang, Qiang ^a,b   Kryger, Per ^c   Le Conte, Yves ^d   Lattorff, H Michael G ^a   Kraus, F Bernhard ^a,e   Moritz, Robin F A ^a,f,g  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; drone; Nosema; QTL

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; HONEYBEE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897609264     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0243-4     Document Type: Article

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