One of
only seven beetle genomes published
Date: December 20, 2018
Source: US Department of Agriculture - Agricultural
Research Service
Beekeepers
and researchers will welcome the unveiling of the small hive beetle's genome by
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their colleagues. The small
hive beetle (SHB) is a major parasite problem of honey bees for which there are
few effective treatments.
The SHB
(Aethina tumida Murray) genome -- a genome is the sum total of all an
organism's DNA; a gene codes for a single protein to be built -- is available
at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/annotation_euk/Aethina_tumida/100 and
was recently published in GigaScience.
This
information will provide crucial keys that should lead to better, more targeted
SHB control methods, including insecticidal treatments and possibly even
genetic/breeding solutions.
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