Experimental evolution alters the rate and temporal pattern of population growth in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a lethal fungal pathogen of amphibians

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3633-3641

  Voyles, Jamie ^a   Johnson, Leah R ^b,c   Briggs, Cheryl J ^c   Cashins, Scott D ^d   Alford, Ross A ^d   Berger, Lee ^d   Skerratt, Lee F ^d   Speare, Rick ^d   Rosenblum, Erica Bree ^e  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian chytridiomycosis; Amphibian declines; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Evolution of virulence; Experimental evolution; Host pathogen interactions; Serial passage experiments

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; LITORIA CAERULEA;

EID: 84921902843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1199     Document Type: Article

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