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Characterization of MHC class IA in the endangered southern corroboree frog.
Immunogenetics - 1 Mar 2017
Kosch Tiffany A, Eimes John A, Didinger Chelsea, Brannelly Laura A, Waldman Bruce, Berger Lee, Skerratt Lee F
Abstract excerpt
Southern corroboree frogs (Pseudophryne corroboree) have declined to near extinction in the wild after the emergence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in southeastern Australia in the 1980s. A major captive breeding and reintroduction program is underway to preserve this iconic species, but improving resistance to B. dendrobatidis would help the wild population to be self-sustaining....
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