Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines
Simon J. O’Hanlon(Zoological Society of London), Adrien Rieux(Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement), Rhys A. Farrer(Imperial College London), Gonçalo M. Rosa(Zoological Society of London), Bruce Waldman(Seoul National University), Arnaud Bataille(Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement), Tiffany A. Kosch(Seoul National University), Kris A. Murray(Imperial College London), Balázs Brankovics(Institute for Biodiversity), Matteo Fumagalli(University College London), Michael D. Martin(University of Copenhagen), Nathan Wales(University of Copenhagen), Mario Alvarado‐Rybak(Universidad Andrés Bello), Kieran A. Bates(Zoological Society of London), Lee Berger(James Cook University), Susanne Böll(Federal Agency for Nature Conservation), Lola Brookes(Zoological Society of London), Frances C. Clare(Zoological Society of London), Élodie A. Courtois(University of French Guiana), Andrew A. Cunningham(Zoological Society of London), Thomas M. Doherty‐Bone(Royal Zoological Society of Scotland), Pria N. Ghosh(North-West University), David J. Gower(Natural History Museum), William E. Hintz(University of Victoria), Jacob Höglund(Uppsala University), Thomas S. Jenkinson(University of Michigan), Chun-Fu Lin(Species360), Anssi Laurila(Uppsala University), Adeline Loyau(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), An Martel(Ghent University), Sara Meurling(Uppsala University), Claude Miaud(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Pete Minting(Boscombe Community Hospital), Frank Pasmans(Ghent University), Dirk S. Schmeller(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Benedikt R. Schmidt(info fauna), Jennifer Shelton(Imperial College London), Lee F. Skerratt(James Cook University), Freya Smith(Zoological Society of London), Claudio Azat(Universidad Andrés Bello), Matteo Spagnoletti(University College London), Giulia Tessa(University of Sassari), Luı́s Felipe Toledo(Instituto Biológico), Andrés Valenzuela‐Sánchez(Universidad Andrés Bello), Ruhan Verster(North-West University), Judit Vörös(Hungarian Natural History Museum), Rebecca J. Webb(James Cook University), Claudia Wierzbicki(Imperial College London), Emma Wombwell(Zoological Society of London), Kelly R. Zamudio(Cornell University), David M. Aanensen(Imperial College London), Timothy Y. James(University of Michigan), M. Thomas P. Gilbert(University of Copenhagen), Ché Weldon(North-West University), Jaime Bosch(Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales), François Balloux(University College London), Trenton W. J. Garner(Zoological Society of London), Matthew C. Fisher(Imperial College London)
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Abstract
Panzootic chytrid fungus out of Asia Species in the fungal genus Batrachochytrium are responsible for severe declines in the populations of amphibians globally. The sources of these pathogens have been uncertain. O'Hanlon et al. used genomics on a panel of more than 200 isolates to trace the source of the frog pathogen B. dendrobatidis to a hyperdiverse hotspot in the Korean peninsula (see the Perspective by Lips). Over the past century, the trade in amphibian species has accelerated, and now all lineages of B. dendrobatidis occur in traded amphibians; the fungus has become ubiquitous and is diversifying rapidly. Science , this issue p. 621 ; see also p. 604
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