Genomic Study Explores Evolution of Gentle 'Killer Bees' in Puerto Rico

ENN
Nov 16, 2017, 12:51 pm61 pts
A genomic study of Puerto Rico's Africanized honey bees – which are more docile than other so-called “killer bees” – reveals that they retain most of the genetic traits of their African honey bee ancestors, but that a few regions of their DNA have become more like those of European honey bees. According…

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