Clonal expansion of the Pseudogymnoascus destructans genotype in North America is accompanied by significant variation in phenotypic expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Khankhet, Jordan ^a   Vanderwolf, Karen J ^b,c   McAlpine, Donald F ^b   McBurney, Scott ^d   Overy, David P ^d,e   Slavic, Durda ^f   Xu, Jianping ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM   (Canada)

^c Canadian Wildlife Federation   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BAT; CANADA; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NORTH AMERICA; NOSE; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CHIROPTERA; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MYCOSES; NORTH AMERICA; NOSE; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 84905982196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104684     Document Type: Article

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