Local phenotypic variation in amphibian-killing fungus predicts infection dynamics
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Local phenotypic variation in amphibian-killing fungus predicts infection dynamics
Environmental factors can limit the distribution of organisms if they are not able to respond through phenotypic plasticity or local adaptation. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a broadly distributed pathogen, which shows spatially patterned genotypic and phenotypic variation; however, information on the functional consequences of this variation on disease dynamics in natural hosts is lim...
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عنوان ژورنال: Fungal Ecology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1754-5048
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2015.09.014