Benjamin Basso

This study surveys French beekeepers to identify their preferences for honeybee breeding goals, finding strong support for multi-trait selection and specific traits like disease resistance and honey yield.

This study shows that reducing the generation interval in honeybee breeding by focusing on early traits can increase genetic gain, though it requires strategies to manage inbreeding.

This study performs genome-wide association analysis on honey bee colonies to identify genetic markers linked to Varroa destructor resistance, revealing a polygenic architecture and supporting genomic selection strategies.

This study uses whole-genome sequences from four honey bee species to assess genetic diversity impacts of beekeeping and conservation strategies, revealing historical bottlenecks and genomic conservation.

The paper investigates how uncertainty in honeybee mating strategies affects genetic parameter estimates and proposes methods to correct biases in genetic evaluations.

This paper presents statistical methods to estimate genetic ancestry and reconstruct queen genotype from pool sequencing data of eusocial colonies, achieving high accuracy with low error rates.

The paper analyzes genetic structure in Western European honey bees using SNP data from 870 drones, identifying nine genetic backgrounds and large haplotype blocks.