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	Document type :	Scientific congresses and symposiums : Poster
	Discipline(s) :	Life sciences : Genetics & genetic processes Life sciences : Entomology & pest control
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/112691

Title :	Evaluation of the genetic diversity of honey bees, Apis mellifera L. in the Walloon Region and selection of strains tolerant to the mite Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman
Language :	English
Alternative title :	[fr] Evaluation de la diversité génétique des abeilles domestiques, Apis mellifera L. en Région wallonne et sélection de souches tolérantes à l'acarien Varroa destructor Anderson et Trueman
Author, co-author :	Leclercq, Gil [Université de Liège - ULg > Sciences agronomiques > Entomologie fonctionnelle et évolutive >]
	Nguyen, Bach Kim [Université de Liège - ULg > Sciences agronomiques > Entomologie fonctionnelle et évolutive >]
	Gengler, Nicolas [Université de Liège - ULg > Sciences agronomiques > Zootechnie >]
	Haubruge, Eric [Université de Liège - ULg > Services administratifs généraux > Vice-Recteur de Gembloux Agro Bio Tech >]
Publication date :	10-Feb-2012
Page number :	A0
On invitation :	No
Audience :	National
Event name :	17th PhD Symposium on Applied and Biological Sciences
Event date :	10 février 2012
Event organizer :	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Event place (city) :	Leuven
Event country :	Belgium
Keywords :	[en] Apis mellifera ; Varroa destructor ; tolerance ; genetic diversity ; genomic selection
Abstract :	[en] For more than a decade, high losses of honey bee colonies have been noticed in several countries, including Belgium. Currently often the mite Varroa destructor is considered a main threat for beekeeping. In view of the inefficiency of the current chemical treatments, one of the solutions is to select honey bees tolerant to this parasite using genomic selection. To reach this objective the genetic diversity of honey bees needs first to be studied using mainly ‘Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms’ (SNP). Records and samples will be collected all over the Walloon Region in order to create an informative phenotypic and genomic data base that will be used for ‘Genome Wide Association Studies’ (GWAS) to detect associations between SNPs and tolerance, and to select bees tolerant to Varroa destructor.
Funders :	Région wallonne : Direction générale des Ressources naturelles et de l'Environnement - DGRNE
Name of the research project :	Evaluation de la diversité génétique des abeilles domestiques (Apis mellifera L.) en Wallonie et sélection de souches résistantes à l'acarien Varroa destructor
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/112691

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