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Talmudic Question #87

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by John Ingraham
 

 

Can you think of a species that has been wiped out by an infectious agent?

 
 

 
 

Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:00 AM in Talmudic Questions, Teachers Corner |

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David Marjanović

chytrid fungus

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, to be exact.

Elio replies: We actually asked for the disease, not the agent, but your chytrid has been blamed for very serious diseases of amphibians. Extinction? Maybe.

Posted by: David Marjanović | January 13, 2013 at 05:30 AM

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