Deformed wing virus is not related to honey bees' aggressiveness

Guards of Cyprian honey bee colonies, Apis mellifera cypria, display a great defensive behaviour against hornets' attacks. The deformed wing virus (DWV) and the kakugo virus (KV) genomes are very similar, but unlike KV, the presence of DWV is not related to honey bees' aggressiveness. This...

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Published in:Virology journal 2006-08, Vol.3 (1), p.61-61, Article 61
Main Authors: Rortais, Agnès, Tentcheva, Diana, Papachristoforou, Alexandros, Gauthier, Laurent, Arnold, Gérard, Colin, Marc Edouard, Bergoin, Max
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggression - physiology
Animal biology
Animals
Apis mellifera
Bees - genetics
Bees - physiology
Bees - virology
Behavior, Animal - physiology
Deformed wing virus
Insect Viruses - genetics
Insect Viruses - physiology
Life Sciences
RNA Viruses - genetics
Short Report
Wings, Animal - abnormalities
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Summary:Guards of Cyprian honey bee colonies, Apis mellifera cypria, display a great defensive behaviour against hornets' attacks. The deformed wing virus (DWV) and the kakugo virus (KV) genomes are very similar, but unlike KV, the presence of DWV is not related to honey bees' aggressiveness. This discrepancy is further discussed.
ISSN:1743-422X
1743-422X
DOI:10.1186/1743-422X-3-61