paper: rapid evolution by honey bees exposed to a novel parasite

David Heaf posted this paper on his e-mail list recently. it's a bit dry, but interesting all the same. one bit that stood out to me is that the population collapse following introduction of varroa mites caused a bottleneck of mitochondrial DNA, but not overall genetic diversity, which is likely due to polyandry.

and this:

another article

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150819083650.htm

Honey bees rapidly evolve to overcome new disease

duane hennon wrote:

another article

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150819083650.htm

Honey bees rapidly evolve to overcome new disease

describes the same paper, though. maybe a better read than the full paper.