About the Authors

Claudia Dussaubat

Affiliation INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Site Agroparc, Avignon, France

Jean-Luc Brunet

Affiliation INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Site Agroparc, Avignon, France

Mariano Higes

Affiliation Bee Pathology Laboratory, Centro Apícola Regional, JCCM, Marchamalo, Spain

John K. Colbourne

Affiliation The Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Jacqueline Lopez

Affiliation The Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Jeong-Hyeon Choi

Affiliation The Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Raquel Martín-Hernández

Affiliation Bee Pathology Laboratory, Centro Apícola Regional, JCCM, Marchamalo, Spain

Cristina Botías

Affiliation Bee Pathology Laboratory, Centro Apícola Regional, JCCM, Marchamalo, Spain

Marianne Cousin

Affiliation INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Site Agroparc, Avignon, France

Cynthia McDonnell

Affiliation INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Site Agroparc, Avignon, France

Marc Bonnet

Affiliation INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Site Agroparc, Avignon, France

Luc P. Belzunces

Affiliation INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Site Agroparc, Avignon, France

Robin F. A. Moritz

Affiliation Institut für Biologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Yves Le Conte

Affiliation INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Site Agroparc, Avignon, France

Cédric Alaux

cedric.alaux@avignon.inra.fr

Affiliation INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Site Agroparc, Avignon, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD YLC CA. Performed the experiments: CD JLB MH JL RMH CB MC MB. Analyzed the data: CD JLB JKC JHC CM CA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH JKC LPB YLC. Wrote the paper: CD JLB RFAM YLC CA.