Multilocus sequence typing suggests the chytrid pathogen of amphibians is a recently emerged clone

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 395-403

  Morehouse, Erica A ^a   James, Timothy Y ^a   Ganley, Austen R D ^a   Vilgalys, Rytas ^a   Berger, Lee ^b,c   Murphy, Peter J ^d   Longcore, Joyce E ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chromosome length polymorphism; Clonality; Emerging infectious disease; Resting spore

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; CLONE CELLS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0037304941     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01732.x     Document Type: Article

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