| phylogeography and demographic history of babina pleuraden (anura, ranidae) in southwestern china. | factors that determine genetic structure of species in southwestern china remain largely unknown. in this study, sequences of two mitochondrial genes (coi and cyt b) were determined to investigate the phylogeography and demography of babina pleuraden, a pond frog endemic to southwestern china. a total of 262 individuals from 22 populations across the entire range of the species were collected. our results indicate that b. pleuraden comprises five well-supported mitochondrial lineages roughly cor ... | 2012 | 22448286 |
| first evidence of batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in china: discovery of chytridiomycosis in introduced american bullfrogs and native amphibians in the yunnan province, china. | although the chytrid fungus batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd), the etiological agent of amphibian chytridiomycosis, has been implicated in mass mortality and population declines on several continents around the world, there have been no reports on the presence of bd infections in amphibians in china. we employed quantitative pcr and histological techniques to investigate the presence of bd in introduced north american bullfrogs (rana catesbeiana) (referred to hereafter as bullfrog) and native ... | 2010 | 20372969 |