On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:05:41 +0100, Peter Edwards
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>> Peter Borst wrote:
>
>>   >>>>It may also be due to inbreeding. Mites tend to inbreed anyway<<<<
>
>I do not know about mites in general, but for varroa is it not more 'tend'
>to inbreed?  In a recent lecture Dr Stephen Martin told that mites are
>clonal, i.e. all varroa destructor are genetically identical.

I meant varroa, of course. However, does this mean one clonal line or many?
It makes a difference, I suppose. Do you have a link any work done on this?

pb

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