Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis shows high genetic diversity and ecological niche specificity among haplotypes in the maya mountains of belize

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Kaiser, Kristine ^a,b   Pollinger, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BELIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ECOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS;

BELIZE; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES;

EID: 84857519046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032113     Document Type: Article

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