Genetic bases of tolerance to Varroa destructor in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 207-215

  Zakar, E ^a   Javor A ^a   Kusza, Sz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Gene expression; QTL; Tolerance behaviours; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; APICULTURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; MITE; PARASITE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE RESISTANCE;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR;

EID: 84904264813     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-014-0347-5     Document Type: Review

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