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ArticleMicrobial ecology2022

Honey Bee Habitat Sharing Enhances Gene Flow of the Parasite Nosema ceranae.

Li Ke, Wei Yu Yan, Li Zhen Zhang, Zhi Jiang Zeng, Jay D Evans, Qiang Huang

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Article in Microbial ecology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Li KeJiangxi Key Laboratory of Honeybee Biology and Beekeeping, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Zhimin Ave. 1101, Nanchang, 330045, China.
Wei Yu YanJiangxi Key Laboratory of Honeybee Biology and Beekeeping, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Zhimin Ave. 1101, Nanchang, 330045, China.
Li Zhen ZhangJiangxi Key Laboratory of Honeybee Biology and Beekeeping, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Zhimin Ave. 1101, Nanchang, 330045, China.
Zhi Jiang ZengJiangxi Key Laboratory of Honeybee Biology and Beekeeping, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Zhimin Ave. 1101, Nanchang, 330045, China.
Jay D EvansUSDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory, BARC-East Building 306, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.
Qiang HuangJiangxi Key Laboratory of Honeybee Biology and Beekeeping, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Zhimin Ave. 1101, Nanchang, 330045, China. qiang-huang@live.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5528-5099
Jiangxi Agricultural University · CNAgricultural Research Service · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Host-parasite co-evolution is a process of reciprocal, adaptive genetic change. In natural conditions, parasites can shift to other host species, given both host and parasite genotypes allow this. Even though host-parasite co-evolution has been extensively studied both theoretically and empirically, few studies have focused on parasite gene flow between native and novel hosts. Nosema ceranae is a native parasite of the Asian honey bee Apis cerana, which infects epithelial cells of mid-guts. This parasite successfully switched to the European honey bee Apis mellifera, where high virulence has been reported. In this study, we used the parasite N. ceranae and both honey bee species as model organisms to study the impacts of two-host habitat sharing on parasite diversity and virulence. SNVs (Single Nucleotide Variants) were identified from parasites isolated from native and novel hosts from sympatric populations, as well as novel hosts from a parapatric population. Parasites isolated from native hosts showed the highest levels of polymorphism. By comparing the parasites isolated from novel hosts between sympatric and parapatric populations, habitat sharing with the native host significantly enhanced parasite diversity, suggesting there is continuing gene flow of parasites between the two host species in sympatric populations.

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NosemaParasitesAnimalsBeesEcosystemGene FlowGenetic diversityHoney beeMicrosporidiaSelection

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