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Morphometric Identification of An Unknown Honey Bee Colony: An Example From North India

Journal of Apicultural Science
Identification of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) subspecies is an important aspect of bee breeding and biodiversity conservation. The identification can be based on molecular or morphological markers.
Kaur Hardeep, Ganie Sajad Ahmad, Tofilski Adam   +2 more
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Standard methods for molecular research in Apis mellifera [PDF]

, 2013
From studies of behaviour, chemical communication, genomics and developmental biology, among many others, honey bees have long been a key organism for fundamental breakthroughs in biology.
Budge, G., Chen, Y.P., Cornman, R.S., De la Rúa, Pilar, Evans, J.D., Foret, S., Foster, L., Gauthier, L., Genersch, E., Gisder, S., Jarosch, A., Kucharski, R., Lopez, D., Lun, C.M., Maleszka, R., Miranda, J.R., Moritz, R.F.A., Muñoz, Irene, Pinto, M. Alice, Schwarz, R.   +19 more
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Diversity and evolution of the transposable element repertoire in arthropods with particular reference to insects

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019
Background Transposable elements (TEs) are a major component of metazoan genomes and are associated with a variety of mechanisms that shape genome architecture and evolution.
Malte Petersen, David Armisén, Richard A. Gibbs, Lars Hering, Abderrahman Khila, Georg Mayer, Stephen Richards, Oliver Niehuis, Bernhard Misof   +8 more
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When resistance is useless: policing and the evolution of reproductive acquiescence in insect societies [PDF]

, 2004
In social groups composed of kin, inclusive fitness benefits can favor greater cooperation. Alternatively, cooperation can be enforced through the policing of less cooperative individuals.
Hart, A.G., Ratnieks, F.L.W., Wenseleers, T.   +2 more
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Characterization of a Dopamine Transporter and Its Splice Variant Reveals Novel Features of Dopaminergic Regulation in the Honey Bee

Frontiers in Physiology, 2019
Dopamine is an important neuromodulator involved in reward-processing, movement control, motivational responses, and other aspects of behavior in most animals.
Vicky Zhang, Robert Kucharski, Robert Kucharski, Courtney Landers, Sashika N. Richards, Stefan Bröer, Rowena E. Martin, Ryszard Maleszka   +7 more
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Genomic survey of the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor, a major pest of the honey bee Apis mellifera

BMC Genomics, 2010
Background The ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor has emerged as the primary pest of domestic honey bees (Apis mellifera). Here we present an initial survey of the V.
Elsik Chris, Bourgeois Lanie, Hunt Greg, Pettis Jeff, Chen Yan-Ping, Johnston Spencer J, Schatz Michael C, Cornman Scott R, Anderson Denis, Grozinger Christina M, Evans Jay D   +10 more
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Allele Frequencies of Genetic Variants Associated with Varroa Drone Brood Resistance (DBR) in Apis mellifera Subspecies across the European Continent

Insects
Implementation of marker-assisted selection (MAS) in modern beekeeping would improve sustainability, especially in breeding programs aiming for resilience against the parasitic mite Varroa destructor.
Regis Lefebre, Lina De Smet, Anja Tehel, Robert J. Paxton, Emma Bossuyt, Wim Verbeke, Coby van Dooremalen, Zeynep N. Ulgezen, Trudy van den Bosch, Famke Schaafsma, Dirk-Jan Valkenburg, Raffaele Dall’Olio, Cedric Alaux, Daniel S. Dezmirean, Alexandru I. Giurgiu, Nuno Capela, Sandra Simões, José Paulo Sousa, Martin Bencsik, Adam McVeigh, Michael Thomas Ramsey, Sausan Ahmad, Tarun Kumar, Marc O. Schäfer, Alexis L. Beaurepaire, Arrigo Moro, Claude J. Flener, Severine Matthijs, Dirk C. de Graaf   +28 more
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Mating system and population genetic structure of the bulldog ant Myrmecia pavida [PDF]

, 2013
Understanding the evolution of the alternative mating strategies of monandry and polyandry is a fundamental problem in evolutionary biology because of the cost-benefit trade-offs associated with mating for females.
Baer, Boris, Chappell, Paula, Hughes, William O H, Roberts, Katherine   +3 more
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Dominance of African racial ancestry in honey bee colonies of Mexico 30 years after the migration of hybrids from South America

Evolutionary Applications
The Africanized honey bee, a hybrid of Apis mellifera scutellata from Africa with European subspecies, has been considered an invasive species and a problem for beekeeping.
María de Jesús Aguilar‐Aguilar, Jorge Lobo, E. Jacob Cristóbal‐Pérez, Francisco J. Balvino‐Olvera, Gloria Ruiz‐Guzmán, José Javier G. Quezada‐Euán, Mauricio Quesada   +6 more
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New COI-COII mtDNA Region Haplotypes in the Endemic Honey Bees Apis mellifera intermissa and Apis mellifera sahariensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Algeria

Insects
The practice of beekeeping in Algeria is of great cultural, social, and economic importance. However, the importation of non-local subspecies reported by beekeepers has disrupted the natural geographical distribution area and the genetic diversity of the
Amira Chibani Bahi Amar, Nacera Tabet Aoul, Riad Fridi, Alain Vignal, Kamila Canale-Tabet   +4 more
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