Polymorphic repetitive loci of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Garland, Stephen ^a   James, Timothy Y ^b   Blair, David ^a   Berger, Lee ^a   Skerratt, Lee F ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytrid; Molecular strain typing; SSCP

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOMARKER; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMORPHISM;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; GENETIC MARKERS; MYCOSES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 80455144545     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02396     Document Type: Article

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