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Flowers as viral hot spots: Honey bees (Apis mellifera) unevenly deposit viruses across plant species

RNA viruses, once considered specific to honey bees, are suspected of spilling over from managed bees into wild pollinators; however, transmission routes are largely unknown. A widely accepted yet untested hypothesis states that flowers serve as bridges in the transmission of viruses between bees. H...

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Autores principales: Alger, Samantha A., Burnham, P. Alexander, Brody, Alison K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6750573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31532764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221800