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Multiple emergences of genetically diverse amphibian-infecting chytrids include a globalized hypervirulent recombinant lineage.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Nov 2011
Farrer Rhys A, Weinert Lucy A, Bielby Jon, Garner Trenton W J, Balloux Francois, Clare Frances, Bosch Jaime, Cunningham Andrew A, Weldon Che, du Preez Louis H, Anderson Lucy, Pond Sergei L Kosakovsky, Shahar-Golan Revital, Henk Daniel A, Fisher Matthew C
Abstract excerpt
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a globally ubiquitous fungal infection that has emerged to become a primary driver of amphibian biodiversity loss. Despite widespread effort to understand the emergence of this panzootic, the origins of the infection, its patterns of global spread, and principle mode of evolution remain largely unknown. Using comparative population genomics, we discovered three deeply...
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