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Título del libro: Comprehensive Biotechnology
Título del capítulo: Disease resistance in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) at the colony and individual levels

Autores UNAM:
ERNESTO GUZMAN NOVOA; NURIA MORFIN RAMIREZ;
Autores externos:

Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2019
Palabras clave:

Apis mellifera; CCD; Disease resistance; Grooming behavior; Hygienic behavior; Immunity; Nosema; Varroa; Viruses


Resumen:

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are social insects that have successfully colonized almost every ecosystem in the world. They play a crucial role in pollinating wild and cultivated plants, with substantial implications on our economy and food supply, as well as on natural ecosystems. Sociality allows bees to succeed, but it also increases the risk of disease because pathogens can spread easily in their colonies. Massive, unexplained deaths of honey bee colonies, termed Colony Collapse Disorder, have endangered the supply of honey bees as pollinators of flowering plants. Among the factors frequently associated with these die offs are pathogens such as the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor, viruses transmitted by the mite and the microsporidia Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae. Honey bees and their parasites are good models for studies of host-pathogens interactions and disease resistance. Here we discuss studies that have contributed to our knowledge of specific colony and individual defenses of honey bees to diseases and parasites. Despite recent advancements at the colony level, the study of disease resistance at the individual and molecular levels is still in its infancy and remains poorly understood. More research is needed, linking disease resistance traits and genes affecting colony and individual defenses. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


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