Transcriptional response of honey bee (Apis mellifera) to differential nutritional status and Nosema infection

Abstract Background Bees are confronting several environmental challenges, including the intermingled effects of malnutrition and disease. Intuitively, pollen is the healthiest nutritional choice, however, commercial substitutes, such as Bee-Pro and MegaBee, are widely used. Herein we examined how f...

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Main Authors: Farida Azzouz-Olden, Arthur Hunt, Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-5007-0