Uncertainty in the mating strategy of honeybees causes bias and unreliability in the estimates of genetic parameters

CONCLUSIONS: Knowing only the dam of the DPQ(s) used in each mating may lead to erroneous assumptions on how DPQs were used and severely bias the estimates of genetic parameters and trends. Thus, we recommend keeping track of DPQs in the pedigree, and not only of the dams of DPQ(s). Records from DPQ colonies with queens open-mated to a heterogeneous drone population can be integrated by adding non-genetic effects to the statistical evaluation model.PMID:38632535 | DOI:10.1186/s12711-024-00898-3

Source: Genet Sel Evol - April 17, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Tristan Kistler Evert W Brascamp Benjamin Basso Piter Bijma Florence Phocas Source Type: research