Long-term endemism of two highly divergent lineages of the amphibian-killing fungus in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 774-787

  Rodriguez, D ^a,b   Becker, C G ^a   Pupin, N C ^c   Haddad, C F B ^c   Zamudio, K R ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; chytrid; emerging infectious disease; ITS1; qPCR; retrospective survey

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BRAZIL; CHYTRID; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; ITS1; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; QPCR; RETROSPECTIVE SURVEY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRID; EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE; ITS1; QPCR; RETROSPECTIVE SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BRAZIL; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MYCOSES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84893387131     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12615     Document Type: Article

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