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. 2020 Jun 15;6:10. doi: 10.1186/s40851-020-00162-8

Correction to: Natural selection, selective breeding, and the evolution of resistance of honeybees (Apis mellifera) against Varroa

Jacques J M van Alphen 1,2,, Bart Jan Fernhout 2
PMCID: PMC7296912  PMID: 32549998

Correction to: Zoological Lett (2020) 6:6

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-020-00158-4

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in Table 1 of the article: there were two instances of “No evidence Yes” in the fourth column, where it should read “yes”.

Table 1.

Traits that have been measured and/or invoked to explain resistance

Populations A. scutellata & A. capensis Africanized bees in South America Arnot Forest, New York Primorsky Gotland Sweden
Traits
Hygienic Behaviour yes yes No evidence yes no
VSH yes yes yes yes no
Grooming yes yes yes yes no
Non-reproduction yes yes No evidence yes yes
Shorter Developmental time yes yes no no no
Virus tolerance or resistance possibly possibly Possibly, No evidence no Yes
Life-history & spatial distribution of colonies no no yes yes no

The original article [1] has been updated to correct this.

Please also find the corrected version of Table 1 in this article for reference.

Reference

  • 1.van Alphen JJM, Fernhout BJ. Natural selection, selective breeding, and the evolution of resistance of honeybees (Apis mellifera) against Varroa. Zoological Lett. 2020;6:6. doi: 10.1186/s40851-020-00158-4. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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