Investigating the Genetic Diversity of Immune Genes in Non-Native Populations of American Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus)

Presentation Year

2019

College or Department

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

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The American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) is a highly invasive species that has successfully colonized different habitats around the world. Our project’s objective is to isolate and characterize the genetic diversity of a rapidly evolving immune gene in an invasive bullfrog population in California’s Sutter National Wildlife Refuge. The level of genetic variability in a population may help determine how resistant a population is pathogens and how persistent an invasive population may be over time. We compared the genetic diversity within this population to that found in other frog populations, including both native and non-native populations.

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