Parasite resistance and tolerance in honeybees at the individual and social level

dc.contributor.authorKurze, Christoph
dc.contributor.authorRouttu, Jarkko
dc.contributor.authorMoritz, Robin F.A.
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-21T08:35:58Z
dc.date.available2016-11-21T08:35:58Z
dc.date.issued2016-03
dc.description.abstractOrganisms living in large groups, such as social insects, are particularly vulnerable to parasite transmission. However, they have evolved diverse defence mechanisms which are not only restricted to the individual’s immune response, but also include social defences. Here, we review cases of adaptations at the individual and social level in the honeybee Apis mellifera against the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor and the endoparasitic microsporidians Nosema ceranae and Nosema apis. They are considered important threats to honeybee health worldwide. We highlight how individual resistance may result in tolerance at the colony level and vice versa.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentZoology and Entomologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2016en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG;Priority Programme SPP 1399; grant number MO373/26-2).en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www. els evier.com/locate/zoolen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKurze, C, Routtu, J & Moritz, RFA 2016, 'Parasite resistance and tolerance in honeybees at the individual and social level', Zoology, vol. 119, pp. 290-297.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0944-2006
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.zool.2016.03.007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/58209
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier GmbH. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).en_ZA
dc.subjectInnate immunityen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial immunityen_ZA
dc.subjectHoneybee parasitesen_ZA
dc.subjectVarroaen_ZA
dc.subjectNosemaen_ZA
dc.titleParasite resistance and tolerance in honeybees at the individual and social levelen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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