The emerging amphibian disease chytridiomycosis is caused by the fungal pathogen
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Amphibian populations and species differ in …

All species continuously evolve to adapt to changing environments. The genetic variation
that fosters such adaptation is caused by a plethora of mechanisms, including meiotic …

The evolutionary rescue of host populations may prevent extinction from novel pathogens.
However, the conditions that facilitate rapid evolution of hosts, in particular the population …

Hundreds of amphibian species have declined worldwide after the emergence of the
amphibian fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Despite captive breeding …

One of the most devastating emerging pathogens of wildlife is the chytrid fungus,
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which affects hundreds of amphibian species around …

Highlights•Interspecific hybridization is observed within various eukaryotic
taxa.•Globalization enhances the opportunity for hybridization events to occur.•Hybridization …

The study of quantitative traits provides a window on the interactions between multiple
unlinked genetic loci. The interaction between hosts and pathogenic microbes, such as …

Random insertional mutagenesis screens are important tools in microbial genetics studies.
Investigators in fungal systems have used the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens to …

North American amphibians have recently been impacted by two major emerging
pathogens, the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and iridoviruses in the genus …

Sia, RA, Lengeler, KB, and Heitman, J. 2000. Diploid strains of the pathogenic
basidiomycete Cryptococcus neoformans are thermally dimorphic. Cryptococcus …