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Old 12-19-2015, 10:00 AM   #1
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Land use may weaken amphibians' capacity to fight infection, disease

Human-made changes to the environment are linked to changes in the microbiome on cricket frogs' skin and antimicrobial peptide secretions through the skin, possibly weakening the animals' immune systems. The frog's population has drastically declined across its northern range since the 1970s.



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