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N.C. State: Decreased Genetic Diversity in Immune System Could Impact Endangered Toad Survival
April 29, 2022
RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 29 (TNSJou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:

A new study from North Carolina State University examines immune system diversity in the critically endangered Wyoming toad and finds that genetic bottlenecks could impact a species' ability to respond to new pathogens. The findings could inform captive breeding strategies for endangered animal populations.

The Wyoming toad, Anaxyrus baxteri, suffered a . . .

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