ArticleBiology letters2015
Varroa destructor changes its cuticular hydrocarbons to mimic new hosts.
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- Adaptive population structure shifts in invasive parasitic mites,Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
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- Diagnosis of Varroosis Based on Bee Brood Samples Testing with Use of Semiconductor Gas Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Varroa destructor: how does it harm Apis mellifera honey bees and what can be done about it?Emerging topics in life sciences · 2020Review
- Hydrocarbon Signatures of the EctoparasitoidInsects · 2020Article
- Reproduction of DistinctInsects · 2019Article
- Stock-specific chemical brood signals are induced by Varroa and Deformed Wing Virus, and elicit hygienic response in the honey bee.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Natural biocide disrupts nestmate recognition in honeybees.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Chemical Heterogeneity in Inbred European Population of the Invasive Hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax.Journal of chemical ecology · 2017Article
- Arthropods Associate with their Red Wood ant Host without Matching Nestmate Recognition Cues.Journal of chemical ecology · 2017Article
- Odorant cues linked to social immunity induce lateralized antenna stimulation in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.).Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Host Specificity in the Honeybee Parasitic Mite, Varroa spp. in Apis mellifera and Apis cerana.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
Varroa destructor (Vd) is a honeybee ectoparasite. Its original host is the Asian honeybee, Apis cerana, but it has also become a severe, global threat to the European honeybee, Apis mellifera. Previous studies have shown that Varroa can mimic a host's cuticular hydrocarbons (HC), enabling the parasite to escape the hygienic behaviour of the host honeybees. By transferring mites between the two honeybee species, we further demonstrate that Vd is able to mimic the cuticular HC of a novel host species when artificially transferred to this new host. Mites originally from A. cerana are more efficient than mites from A. mellifera in mimicking HC of both A. cerana and A. mellifera. This remarkable adaptability may explain their relatively recent host-shift from A. cerana to A. mellifera.
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