Endemic and introduced haplotypes of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Japanese amphibians: Sink or source?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 4731-4733

  Fisher, Matthew C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; REVIEW;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; HAPLOTYPES; JAPAN; MYCOSES;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70449701525     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04385.x     Document Type: Review

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