Symbiotic bacterial communities can protect their hosts from infection by pathogens.
Treatment of wild individuals with protective bacteria (probiotics) isolated from hosts can …

Chytridiomycosis, the disease caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd), has devastated global amphibian biodiversity. Nevertheless, some hosts …

Chytridiomycosis, a disease caused by the emerging fungus Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd), has been implicated in the decline of over 500 amphibian species …

Polyploidization events such as whole-genome duplication and inter-species hybridization
are major evolutionary forces that shape genomes. Although long-term effects of …

Variation in host responses to pathogens can have cascading effects on populations and
communities when some individuals or groups of individuals display disproportionate …

Large chromosomal events such as translocations and segmental duplications enable rapid
adaptation to new environments. Here we marshal genomic, genetic, meiotic mapping, and …

Fungal diseases represent a major burden to health care globally. As with other pathogenic
microbes, there is a limited number of agents suitable for use in treating fungal diseases …

Laboratory investigations into the amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
(Bd), have accelerated recently, given the pathogen's role in causing the global decline and …

Amphibian populations are experiencing catastrophic declines driven by the fungal
pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Although horizontal gene transfer (HGT) …

In the past century, recently emerged infectious diseases have become major drivers of
species decline and extinction. The fungal disease chytridiomycosis has devastated many …