THE ROLE OF ANTIMICROBIAL SKIN PEPTIDES IN DEFENSE OF LEOPARD FROGS AGAINST CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS
Global amphibian populations, including the northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens), have been declining for the past four decades, and overwhelming evidence now links a pathogenic chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) to declines across six continents. Because Bd colonizes the skin, anti...
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VANDERBILT
2013
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| Online Access: | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03262013-101535/ |