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Searching for heroic MHC genes in the fight against fungal takeover
Frogs have been disappearing all around the world in the past few decades. The reasons for these declines have been complex, but one of the biggest players is a nasty disease with an even nastier-sounding name: chytridiomycosis. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is the … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, association genetics, selection
Tagged Amphibians, chytrid, disease
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