Ecological adaptation of diverse honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations.

BACKGROUND: Honey bees are complex eusocial insects that provide a critical contribution to human agricultural food production. Their natural migration has selected for traits that increase fitness within geographical areas, but in parallel their domestication has selected for traits that enhance pr...

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Main Authors: Robert Parker, Andony P Melathopoulos, Rick White, Stephen F Pernal, M Marta Guarna, Leonard J Foster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2886107?pdf=render