ECOL 1000 1nd Edition Lecture 25 Outline of Last Lecture I. Examples of invasive speciesII. Characteristics of successful invadersIII. Characteristics of invadable communitiesIV. Amphibian and Bat declinesa. Chytridiomycosis: Disease-driven global amphibian declinesb. White-Nose Syndrome: disease-driven bat declinesV. Amphibian DiversityVI. Amphibian ThreatsOutline of Current Lecture II. African Clawed FrogIII. White Nose SyndromeIV. Conservation efforts to curb extinctionCurrent Lecture- African clawed frog xenopus laeviso Native to south Africao Earliest record of chytridiomycosiso Used in human pregnancy testso The African clawed frog carried a novel pathogen globallyo Amphibian decline across costa rica and panama- White Nose Syndrome (WNS)o Fungus growing on bats while they hibernateo Bats flying outside in the winter, cant find anything to eat so they freeze and starve to death o Geomyces destructansThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. White fungus on nose and wing membranes Likely the cause but could be a secondary agento 90% of bats are dying in affected caveso Disease needs bats and cold temperatures- Conservation effortso “biobanking” activities-cryogenically preserving the genetic material of imperiled specieso De-extinctions Genome of an extinct Australian frog has been rived and reactivated Implant “Dead” cell nucleus into a fresh egg from another frog species The Lazarus
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