Tuesday 10 March 2015

Amphibians, already threatened, face increased susceptibility to disease from environmental stress

Date:
March 9, 2015

Source:
Council on Undergraduate Research, Duquesne University

Summary:
New research supports the hypothesis that environmental stressors increase salamanders’ susceptibility to infection, based on chronic exposure to corticosterone, a stress hormone.


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