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March 24, 2016

A savage world for frogs
Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 24, 2016
UCF biologist Anna Savage is obsessed with frogs and figuring out why they are dying at an unprecedented rate around the world. Her latest research, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggests that natural selection as well as other evolutionary forces have shaped the evolution of immune genes in lowland leopard frog populations helping them survive a deadly fungus that's killing off many other species worldwide. And the die-off isn't just of concern to biologists. ... read more

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