QTL-mapping of individual resistance against American foulbrood in haploid honeybee drone larvae (Apis mellifera)

Apidologie

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 409-417

  Behrens, Dieter ^a   Moritz, Robin F A ^a,b,c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

Author keywords

disease resistance; invertebrate pathology; microsatellites; Paenibacillus larvae; quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BREEDING; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPISTASIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HONEYBEE; LARVA; PATHOLOGY; QUEEN;

EID: 84903983046     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0255-0     Document Type: Article

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