Novel, panzootic and hybrid genotypes of amphibian chytridiomycosis associated with the bullfrog trade

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5162-5177

  Schloegel, Lisa M ^a   Toledo, Luís Felipe ^b   Longcore, Joyce E ^c   Greenspan, Sasha E ^c   Vieira, Conrado Augusto ^b   Lee, Maria ^d   Zhao, Serena ^d   Wangen, Catherine ^d   Ferreira, Claudia Maris ^e   Hipolito, Márcio ^f   Davies, Angela J ^g   Cuomo, Christina A ^h   Daszak, Peter ^a   James, Timothy Y ^d  

^a ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE PESCA   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

^g KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

aneuploidy; chytrid; emerging infectious disease; loss of heterozygosity; ranaculture

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BULLFROG; CHIMERA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHIMERA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; RANA CATESBEIANA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 84867688162     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05710.x     Document Type: Article

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