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[News of the Week] Amphibian Decline: Life and Death Play Out on the Skins of Frogs
Monday, October 26, 2009On page 582 of this week's issue of Science, researchers go a long way toward solving the mystery of how a fungal infection has been killing amphibians worldwide. They find that the fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, causes such severe electrolyte imbalances that the frog's heart stops.
Author: Elizabeth Pennisi...
Original article from http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5952/507?rss=1
Author: Elizabeth Pennisi...
Original article from http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5952/507?rss=1
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