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Phylogenetics of a Fungal Invasion: Origins and Widespread Dispersal of White-Nose Syndrome.
mBio - 12 Dec 2017
Drees Kevin P, Lorch Jeffrey M, Puechmaille Sebastien J, Parise Katy L, Wibbelt Gudrun, Hoyt Joseph R, Sun Keping, Jargalsaikhan Ariunbold, Dalannast Munkhnast, Palmer Jonathan M, Lindner Daniel L, Marm Kilpatrick A, Pearson Talima, Keim Paul S, Blehert David S, Foster Jeffrey T
Abstract excerpt
Globalization has facilitated the worldwide movement and introduction of pathogens, but epizoological reconstructions of these invasions are often hindered by limited sampling and insufficient genetic resolution among isolates. Pseudogymnoascus destructans, a fungal pathogen causing the epizootic of white-nose syndrome in North American bats, has exhibited few genetic polymorphisms in previous studies, presenting...
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