A worldwide survey of genome sequence variation provides insight into the evolutionary history of the honeybee Apis mellifera

Nature Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1081-1088

  Wallberg, Andreas ^a   Han, Fan ^a   Wellhagen, Gustaf ^a   Dahle, Bjørn ^b   Kawata, Masakado ^c   Haddad, Nizar ^d   Simões, Zilá Luz Paulino ^e   Allsopp, Mike H ^f   Kandemir, Irfan ^g   De La Rúa, Pilar ^h   Pirk, Christian W ⁱ   Webster, Matthew T ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Norwegian Beekeepers Association   (Norway)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension   (Jordan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^g ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BACKGROUND SELECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DOMESTICATION; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSECT GENOME; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

APIS MELLIFERA;

INSECT PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT PROTEINS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84922059944     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.3077     Document Type: Article

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