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SUBMITTER: Madison JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5329008 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Madison Joseph D JD Berg Elizabeth A EA Abarca Juan G JG Whitfield Steven M SM Gorbatenko Oxana O Pinto Adrian A Kerby Jacob L JL
Frontiers in microbiology 20170228
Global amphibian declines and extinction events are occurring at an unprecedented rate. While several factors are responsible for declines and extinction, the fungal pathogen <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> (<i>Bd</i>) has been cited as a major constituent in these events. While the effects of this chytrid fungus have been shown to cause broad scale population declines and extinctions, certain individuals and relict populations have shown resistance. This resistance has been attributed in ...[more]