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Susceptibility of amphibians to chytridiomycosis is associated with MHC class II conformation

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Bataille A., Cashins S.D., Grogan J., Skerratt L.F., Hunter D., McFadden M., Scheele B., Brannelly L.A., Macris A., Harlow P.S., Bell S., Berger L., Waldman B.
2015

The pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) can cause precipitous population declines in its amphibian hosts. Responses of individuals to infection vary greatly with the capacity of their immune system to respond to the pathogen. We used a combination of comparative and experimental approaches to identify major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) alleles encoding ...

Maladies des animaux; Ecologie aquatique; Génétique et amélioration des animaux

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