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DNA Barcoding Reveals Five Undiscovered Frog Species Among 30 Wiped Out by Fungal Epidemic in Panama


July 19, 2010

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The first before-and-after view of an amphibian die-off has just been published by scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the University of Maryland. Using DNA barcodes, they showed that the fungal disease that wipes out frogs--chytridiomycosis--has killed an estimated 30 species of amphibians in Panama, including five species previously unidentified by scientists.Full Story

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